Transparent Skull Implant Set To Ease Laser Brain Surgery, University of California, Riverside Study
The day when surgeons can stop having to repeatedly cut open the skull to deliver life-saving laser therapy to the brain moves closer with the development of a new material for making transparent skull implants.
Researchers at the University of California - Riverside (UCR) report their progress with the new implant material in two recently published journal papers.
Their aim is to develop a biocompatible "window to the brain" whereby surgeons will be able to direct laser therapy into patients' brains on demand, without having to perform repeated craniotomies.
Researchers at the University of California - Riverside (UCR) report their progress with the new implant material in two recently published journal papers.
Their aim is to develop a biocompatible "window to the brain" whereby surgeons will be able to direct laser therapy into patients' brains on demand, without having to perform repeated craniotomies.