Out of 16 eggs collected, only two fertilised and were suitable to have implanted.

Just five patients developed localized pocket infections at the site where the pacemaker was implanted, three of whom had initially received new devices.

Copyright Office granted access to medical device data, encompassing devices that aren’t implanted and allowing patients to authorize third parties to access devices to a certain extent.

In a follow-up experiment, the researchers implanted tiny sensors in the animals' brains and measured heightened dopamine release, accompanied by activity in neurons that over-represented opioid-related cues, in the rats exhibiting strong addiction-like behaviors.

A second patient was implanted with the device in July.