New flexible device uses ultrasound to power medical implants, offering safe and efficient wireless charging deep in the body. (CREDIT: Korea Institute of Science and Technology) Medical implants and ...

Finding ways to connect the human body to technology could have broad applications in health and entertainment. A new "electric plastic" could make self-powered wearables, real-time neural interfaces, ...

Neural implants contain integrated circuits (ICs)—commonly called chips—built on silicon. These implants need to be small and flexible to mimic circumstances inside the human body. However, the ...

In the fight against antibiotic resistance, a new technology developed at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, can be of great importance when, for example, hip and knee implants are ...

In the world of medical advancements, the BEAR® Implant promises to change the way anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are treated. Recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston will be the first clinical trial site in the country to test a new cochlear implant for people with hearing loss. The ...

A salt-grain-sized neural implant can record and transmit brain activity wirelessly for extended periods. Researchers at Cornell University, working with collaborators, have created an extremely small ...