Tel Aviv University’s new and groundbreaking
technology inspires hope among people who have lost their sense of
touch in the nerves of a limb following amputation or injury. The
technology involves a tiny sensor that is implanted in the nerve of
the injured limb, for example in the finger, and is connected
directly to a healthy nerve. 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. The
researchers emphasize that this is a tested and safe technology
that is suited to the human body and could be implanted anywhere
inside of it once clinical trials will be done.
