'Revolutionary' implant uses AI to sense when patient needs drugs released into their body

Teams based at University of Galway and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created their device using 'soft robotics', a technology that more closely resembles the physical characteristics of living organisms.

Researchers have developed an artificially intelligent medical implant that can sense when a patient needs drugs released into their body and evades scar tissue build-up by changing shape.

The breakthrough has been hailed as "revolutionary" for those with chronic conditions.