(Photo By: Courtesy Tel Aviv University)
By: Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - July 12, 2021
A team of Tel Aviv researchers has developed a new technology to restore the sense of touch for people with damaged nerves.
The technology, developed by Dr. Ben M. Maoz from Tel Aviv University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, together with Dr. Amir Arami from the Sackler School of Medicine and the Microsurgery Unit in the Department of Hand Surgery at Sheba Medical Center, involves a tiny (half a centimeter by half a centimeter in size) sensor that can be implanted on a damaged nerve and connected to a healthy nerve. The implant, made of two small pieces of insulating material, generates static electricity by friction, meaning that it does not require any electricity or batteries.
Each time the limb touches an object, the sensor is activated and conducts an electric current to the functioning nerve, which recreates the feeling of touch.
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