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May 13, 2015 04:00 pm GMT
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This wearable uses biometric sensors and electricity to decrease your pain
Pain relief without the help of medication may sound too good to be true, but a new startup says it has created a wearable that does just that.
A new device called Cur — created by a San Francisco-based startup of the same name — aims to provide an alternative to pain medication for people with chronic pain, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and fibromyalgia.
Cur is a wireless version of TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) systems, a therapy that temporarily relieves pain by sending low levels of electrical current to your brain, which masks pain signals and decreases the amount of pain you feel Read more...
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