0 An implantable device or tissue that can be put into or attached onto the body: --
Some implantable devices such as pacemakers are used to control the slow heartbeats.
The first totally implantable pacemaker was embedded in 1960.
When understood in light of this broader context, what are some of the most likely and desirable healthcare consequences of implantable microchips and biosensors?
Will implantable computer chips and biosensors lead to more or less involvement with patients by healthcare providers?
Will greater self-care be required of patients who are fitted with implantable computer chips and biosensors?
Experience with implantable pacemakers using myocardial electrodes in the management of heart block.
Consequently, current investigational therapeutic approaches to repair spinal cord injury employ implantable bridges through which regenerating axons traverse the injury site uninhibited.
Today, similar worries and questions abound over the use of implantable microchips and biosensors.
Recovery of inner retina function would give rise to the value of both therapeutics and the implantable devices.
