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Doctors conceivably will install a minuscule chip, contained "in a biocompatible casing smaller than the head of a match," within a patient's spine. A separate wireless battery implant, which doctors connect to an outside processor, continuously charges the implanted pain blocker. That alleviating chip actually recognizes pain signals as they travel toward the brain. It will then annihilate the messages of misery with a 10-volt electric pulse.
For anyone that suffers from chronic back pain, the implant obviously offers revolutionary coping benefits. But, given what often happens with self-contained or self-administered pain relievers, the possibilities for abuse -- or for negligence of the real problem -- still pose just as obvious of a dilemma.
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Subscribe to commentsManitookManDec 16th 2010 9:18AM
I ran across a post over on NeoGAF from a guy who had this done 2 years ago. the post is very well written and sheds light on the way it feels and how things can go awry with major surgery. Pain management is more black arts than science at this point.
http://bit.ly/h5hkQ9
thomas.houstonDec 16th 2010 9:44AM
@ManitookMan wow, that's crazy. Thanks for sharing.
NemephosisDec 16th 2010 10:17AM
Ah, so this doesn't REALLY help the cause of it, it just stops it from hurting. That's really great, then you can one day cause some real damage and never know it cause "hey, it doesn't hurt". Thanks, but I'll live with my back pain.