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ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 OP t1_jd9dp0p wrote

>Rather than making an electrode outside of the brain and then trying to implant it, they have designed a gel that, when injected into bodily tissue, solidifies into an electrically conductive polymer. The process isn’t unlike pouring molten metal into a mold, except that the gel is apparently harmless, and the electrode, once it forms, is just as soft and movable as the brain tissue around it.

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rumblesnort t1_jdb1d6i wrote

Why use the term 'injectable'? How else would you get an implant in there? Staples?

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MyVoiceIsElevating t1_jdb1lz3 wrote

Surgical incision and insertion.

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rumblesnort t1_jdb2olf wrote

You mean instead of 2-3 needles and a saw injectable is just one needle?

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MyVoiceIsElevating t1_jdb3xb6 wrote

insert is to put in between or into, while inject is to administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.

The key here being that the object going into the body can in this case be injectable, compared to other implant methods that are more appropriately described as inserting.

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rumblesnort t1_jdb5sex wrote

Man - put what you said on a Tinder profile but end it with "Ask me how." The hits and ensuing conversations would be qualitatively fascinating.

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