Shaedlaer
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Wouldn't gold plating despite its softness be still ok for implants like magnets, where there are no moving parts and except for someone banging the hand against something hard (which can damage almost any but titanium coating) would have no big forces working against the coating? Plus gold is pliable - it doesn't break…
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As long as the implant and the coating isn't damaged it could be re-sterilized, in more medical setting though infected implants are never resterilized and reused though, because we consider risk of reinfection (because of imperfect sterilization and/or minuscule coating defects not visible by eye, where bacteria could…
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Actually in fingers, where there is very little actual muscles (the main muscle mass moving the hand is in the forearm), one could quite easily, even accidentally implant in between the muscles. While implanting into the muscle would easily lead to bleeding leading to problems, implanting between them shouldn't create much…
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It's possible that you placed your pinky implant closer to the bone. The periostium covering the bone is a very sensitive tissue with a lot of nerve endings (that's why breaking bones hurts that bad, bones themselves barely have any nerve endings), and thus increasing your sensitivity. As for scars, there are some scars…
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If pus appears in the wound or there is a buildup under closed wound, a doctor would drain it and remove the implant immediately (cutting the closed wound open again if required), probably also rinsing the wound (via a syringe and a blunt needle) with hydrogen peroxide, or other disinfecting fluid. Probably a piece of…
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@rodya2501 while nickel plating would be bad inside body because it's highly allergenic, as far as I know gold is pretty much neutral (with some natural antiseptic/disinfecting properties). And while I'm not very familiar with electroplating technology, I think it can be used to deposit a layer of gold on surface of an…
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"Why not use some sort of bio-polymer that bonds with and imitates human skin and tissue during the healing process?" Because as far as I know that biopolymer doesn't exist yet ;) Someone has to invent it first. Granted, there are quite many companies and universities working on that because it's a holy grail of medical…
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Technically it could be possible, the mechanism doesn't have to be complicated at all - could even concievably be spring-loaded, but I imagine some advanced materials would be required to prevent infections. I've read about bacteria-killing (not antibiotic coated, but having the surface that breaks bacterial cells…
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That's interesting, though not really unexpected... Considering that research shows that up to 50% of our DNA may be of viral origin, from long-forgotten viri and for big part we have no idea if it does perform any actual function in our bodies or is just 'dead code'... Considering that mitochondrias in our cells are…
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Doc, if it caused nerve damage it can possibly take months to regenerate, but feeling could return. Though I guess anyone doing grinding should expect damaging some nerves beyond repairs.
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Magnets of any man-made strength won't do that. Otherwise MRI machines would pull blood out of people. You'd either need to be close to a magnetar (a neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field), or find Magneto. The first has enough magnetic pull to pull blood out of you just because of its iron content. The…
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As for the topic of power efficency vs battery capacity, some of the new generation heart pacemakers are being developed with a selfwinding mechanism, like ones used in some better brands of watches. Thanks to those, movements of the body produce energy which replenishes pacemaker's batteries. I believe this technology…
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I'm a medical doctor at the beginning of my career, with some interest in surgery, psychiatry, psychology and a few other fields. I'll probably start a specialisation in surgery next year. I'm from Poland, we have 6 year long medical studies + 1 year long internship here before we get out medical licenses. As far as I know…
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Well, pretty much one would make as small incision as possible to place the implant inside without stretching the wound (so just a slight bit wider than the implant's cross-section), this way the wound will heal quicker. The cut should be straight made with a very sharp tool, so a scalpel (they're not THAT expensive) - all…
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Well, hopefully it'll become less and less of a problem in future, but up till now I haven't met a doctor who has a tat in a place that'd be visible from under their clothes unless they reveal it on purpose... It probably is frowned upon because of ciminal subcultures used tats extensively first and only later it all…
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In medical tests we test bone conduction vs normal hearing via air by putting a vibrating tuning for against skull (top of skull and bone behind ears are two most common testing areas, though almost everywhere there bone is immediately under skin should work) and then when the sound fades enough to not be heard anymore,…
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Will you make the results public? It'd be some interesting data - I'd say the area needs as much good research done as possible, to make it all as legit as possible... Also, you have only one place for implanting dates, there are some people who have multiple ones, not always implanted at the same time - should they fill…
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Fair enough ;) Maybe I'm simply paranoid - still I'll watch closely what I'm soldering with when doing something I'll insert into myself ;)
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I'm not sure about echolocation as 'hearing' - unless someone already has a hearing implant... Current cochlear implants don't really have great sound definition as far as I know - it's better than being deaf, but not worth sacrificing normal hearing... Btw. the cochlear implants still have 16 leads and higher definition…
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Like I said - there is 'some' influence - what kind of influence it is - we don't know yet ;D Too little research. As for the rehabilitation techniques - it's actually quite a gray area connecting 'alternative medicine' with 'mainstream medicine' because while some methods are well established and tested, some aren't and…
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As for the through-skin connectors, that is one of biggest pains in medicine. In general we always try to keep anything going through skin for as short time as possible, because even with specialized materials, implanting in sterile conditions, proper medical care of the skin around the implanted tube (most often) etc.…
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I personally would try to get sure that I have as good bioproofing as possible to prevent contact of implant insides with the tissues, as well as try to make as sure as possible with stuff I can access that the insides of the implant are quite bioproof and nontoxic either. You never know when you might hit something, or…
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Heh, being a therian at heart I can't facepalm enough at that. But I never understood the idea of fursuits and such things either, considering them to simply look funny/silly. Especially ones trying to look like proud felines. Anyway, if you want to modify yourself to be more animal-like, you probably should rather look in…
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Getting an implant in very young age could affect organism - we still don't really know full well influences of magnetic fields on cellular level and in long time exposures, and during the years when one is growing and developing the cells are especially sensitive. I'd be more concerned about bone tissue actually than soft…
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Well, the implants are hostile towards body for sure with all those compounds that could leak into body and potentially poison you (sure as hell if I'd be implanting anything myself I'd try to keep toxic compounds away from the implant - no leaded soldering, and even lead-free solders I'd check what exactly is added into…
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I'm not completely sure how it would work in reality, but I think that it probably would create quite big resistance - lesser than that of body tissues and plasma/blood (that'd be more of issue - if the injected ink is close to some vessel, and there's thousands of capillaries per cubic millimeter of tissues), but still…
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Indeed ;) It's normally done under general or at least regional anesthesia - I'm not sure how doable it is in home conditions, but I guess it's still better than cutting the skin all the way to insert the wires. One can also try cutting in places which aren't well visible or where skin already bends and forms wrinkles by…
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This is a very interesting discussion. I guess a slight introduction is in place as it's my first post. I'm a medical student, soon to be a medical doctor, so I'll try to chip in with my knowledge from the medical field. The idea of running wires under skin or in general inside body isn't new as there are already various…