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This soft, electronic ‘nerve cooler’ could be a new way to relieve pain

The device uses evaporative cooling to block pain signals, experiments in rats suggest

a flexible clear implant with a wavy design in the center, held up by tweezers

This flexible, dissolvable implant relieves pain by using evaporative cooling on nerves.

Northwestern University

By Meghan Rosen

- More than 2 years ago

A flexible electronic implant could one day make pain management a lot more chill.