prototype wireless nerve stimulator (IMAGE)

Rice University

prototype wireless nerve stimulator

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Rice University neuroengineers and colleagues from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have published the first proof-of-concept results from a yearslong program to develop tiny, wireless nerve stimulators that can treat chronic pain and neurological diseases.

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