Wireless technology combats pain

Phys.Org (Isle of Man, Nov. 9) -- Building on wireless technology that has the potential to interfere with pain, scientists at Illinois and Washington University in St. Louis have developed flexible, implantable devices that can activate – and, in theory, block – pain signals in the body and spinal cord before those signals reach the brain.Because the new, smaller, devices are flexible and can be held in place with sutures, they also may have potential uses in or around the bladder, stomach, intestines, heart or other organs, according to co-principal investigator John A. Rogers, professor of materials science and engineering at Illinois. Also: UPI.com (Nov. 9), Science World Report (Nov. 10), Nature.com (original article, Nov.), Laboratory Equipment (Nov. 9), Tech Times (Nov. 11), Popular Mechanics (Nov. 10).