My mom has implanted electrodes for pain relief, so this technique isn’t new, although it sounds like it might be much more targeted here (and implanted in the brain rather than the pain site)
> this technique isn’t new, although it sounds like it might be much more targeted here and implanted in the brain rather than the pain site @josephpmay
Uh... That's the 'new' bit. These are extremely thin electrodes that are implanted into the brain tissue.
That is an entirely new procedure and process.
All other pain management attempts to block the pain signaling down-stream. These down-stream signal blockers have very limited effect as the machinery in the brain still sends the signals.
This process prevents those signals from being generated.
THAT is entirely new.
Implanting electrodes directly into the pain management area of the brain...
"Uh..." is pretty off-putting as well. Might as well just come out and call people stupid. I'm glad most people don't talk like that on HN (although there was a flood of it when Reddit went down for half a day.)
The rest of the comment was perfectly fine, and would have been effective without the downspeak bits.
I’ve seen several brain-electrode stories on HN in the last couple of weeks. Has there been a breakthrough in the underlying technology or theory of this medical technology?
