Tag: Implants
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Double-D breast implants save life of man who damaged lungs vaping for 10 years | Science | News
[ad_1] A double-D breast implant has saved the life of a vaper of 10 years who suffered serious lung damage. Doctors used the implants to hold David ‘Davey’ Bauer’s heart in place while he was kept on artifical lung for two days ahead of a double transplant. Bauer, a 34-year-old former landscaper, turned to vaping…
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink to Start Human Brain Chip Implants
[ad_1] Elon Musk has implanted himself as a changemaker in social media, satellite internet, and electric cars. Now, he’s coming for the human brain. Musk’s brain chip technology company, Neuralink, announced on Wednesday that it would begin human trials on patients with paralysis in what’s expected to be a six-year-long study. Dubbed the PRIME (Precise…
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Brain implants are allowing people to generate speech using thoughts, studies show : NPR
[ad_1] Scientists have been working on technologies that can turn a person’s thoughts into spoken words. Two new reports show how far the field has come. AILSA CHANG, HOST: An injury or disease that affects the brain can leave a person unable to speak. So scientists have been working on technologies that can turn a…
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Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again
[ad_1] The operation to revive Gert-Jan’s motion was carried out in July 2021. Prof Bloch lower two round holes on either side of his cranium, 5cm in diameter, above the areas of the mind concerned in controlling motion. She then inserted two disc-shaped implants which wirelessly transmit mind indicators – Gert-Jan’s intentions – to 2…