Chimaera, a newly developed prototype surgical device has been designed to put wireless pain management into the hands of the patients. The new medical tool integrates preoperative CT data with dvanced sensing technology, which is very useful in operations carried out by doctors.
The pain is removed by changing the brain activity through electrical signals targeted to the patient's nerves. It can safely and quickly send neurostimulation waves to the human body.
The creators of Chimaera believe that the invention could transform the transfer of reduced neurostimulators to the particular nerves. Many patients can then gain access to the latest pain management device.
The Head of Surgical and Interventional Products at Cambridge Consultants, Simon Karger revealed that they put together and considered different factors in the development of the device.
"We've combined smart sensing technology, pre-operative planning, we've taken small implant form-factors; and we've combined both implant delivery with surgical tool to provide a completely connected, unified surgical system that has the potential to take a surgery that maybe only four or five people in the world can carry out today and make it accessible to a broad cross-section of general surgeons," Karger stated.
Surgeons can be guided by the Chimaera's sensing technology to the exact location while being warned of any critical areas not shown in the CT scan. The device can be utilized with wearable gadgets like the Google glass to provide visuals to surgeons while conducting an operation.
The main problem in using the new technology is the part when the correct nerve is safely accessed which has been a challenge since it might be located behind the eye or deep in the face of the patient. Karger believes that the Chimaera could eventually be made available to more patients.
Chimaera developers demonstrated their vision for creating the next generation of surgeries which they linked to a 'concept car'. To make it become a usable medical tool, they are not at the step of finding partners that will help them and move to conducting clinical trials.
