The network could let tiny implants sense symptoms and trigger treatments

An implant, small enough to inject through a syringe, can send electrical signals to a wearable device through the body’s own tissue

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An implant, small enough to inject through a syringe, can send electrical signals to a wearable device through the body’s own tissue

Candler Hobbs, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Medical implants are getting smaller and smarter. But getting them to talk to each other remains tricky.

Now, researchers have developed a way for tiny implantable devices to send electrical signals through the body’s own tissues.…