however its use is limited to a few years. Now the Bill Gates Foundation and the company MicroCHIPS are working on developing a contraceptive chip to last 16 years and that can be controlled by a remote control.
According to its developers, the project seeks to create a low-cost circuit that, after implantation, allows women to control their fertility periods via a remote control. This chip measures 20 x 7 mm and can be implanted in the buttocks, abdomen or arm of the patient in a procedure no more than 30 minutes under local anesthesia.
The device works by removing 30 micrograms per day of levonorgestrel, a hormone, and used in various kinds of existing contraceptives. Spreads hormone for each day of the patient's body through an electric current coming from the internal battery of the chip, constructed of titanium and platinum.
In the event that the chip carrier want to conceive, it is only necessary to turn the implant with the button on a remote control. After 16 years, the implant must be removed. Besides that, thanks to a system like this, expect doctors may adjust the doses of patients remotely.
So far, one of the most disputed points about this method is the ability of third parties to control the mechanism. However, the foundation is already working especially in the safety of these chips.
It has not been informed about the characteristics of command chip, but specialized press reports speak of you could use a smartphone application, password protected.
It is expected that the implant can begin selling in 2018 after receiving approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States.
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