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Re:Brown University creates first wireless, implanted brain-... by mrsebastian on Monday March 04, 2013 @10:20AM (#5318569)
It's usually pretty quick/easy to get stuff approved for in-lab, early human trials. But yeah, much longer until it's available to the public.
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Re:Brown University creates first wireless, implanted brain-... by otoburb on Monday March 04, 2013 @10:28AM (#5318616)
>>It's usually pretty quick/easy to get stuff approved for in-lab, early human trials.

I'm surprised -- I thought that even if you had an eager group of volunteers for in-lab, early human trials you still needed to jump through understandably onerous red tape and provide reams of documentation and evidence that the device was safe.

Or does signing a (supposedly ironclad) waiver absolve your right as an early human trial participant to sue in the event of failure or adverse side effects?

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Re:Brown University creates first wireless, implanted brain-... by caycep on Monday March 04, 2013 @02:08PM (#5320019)
shortcut is a humanitarian device exemption (HDE) if you have some good preliminary data, not sure what the exact rules are.
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