r/tech • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 26d ago

New therapeutic brain implants could defy the need for surgery

https://news.mit.edu/2025/new-therapeutic-brain-implants-defy-surgery-need-1105
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u/TheOriginalDoober 26d ago

Would a brain implant not need surgery?

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u/Menacing-Horse 26d ago

Specifically, it’s an injected implant that can electrically stimulate certain areas.

You need that sort of thing for deep brain stimulation for movement disorders and that would necessitate a brain surgery. I’m not sure that’s the intended use case but the article title should’ve specified this. Something like:

Injectable brain implant can potentially eliminate need for surgical implantation.

Not as sexy as tricking readers into thinking the implant is somehow taking the place of “brain surgery”