An implant made from biodegradable materials chills nerves to 10°C, reducing pain signals sent to rats' brains, and can be absorbed into the body over time
His team has developed a thin, flexible strip of material that contains small channels for chemicals to flow through. One end can be wrapped around a nerve fibre like a cuff. The other end emerges from the skin and is connected to a small pump.
The PFP gas and nitrogen return through a third channel to the pump, where they are separated and the PFP changes back to a liquid. The device also contains a temperature sensor, so the effect can be monitored and adjusted.To test the device, it was implanted around the sciatic nerve in the legs of three rats, and their paws were injured so they became more sensitive.
Many previous pain-relieving approaches that worked in rats haven’t succeeded in people, but it is well established that cooling nerves blocks their function, says
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