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2 unusual facts about Implantation


EndoStim Electrical Stimulation Therapy

The implantation procedure lasts approximately 40 minutes, and involves attaching two small electrodes from the lead to the lower esophagus.

Implantation

Ion implantation, insertion of ions, in semiconductor device fabrication


Alien implants

The 2013 film Dark Skies features a story revolving around implantation and alien abduction.

Deese–Roediger–McDermott paradigm

Critics like Kathy Pezdek and Shirley Lam have suggested that it is inappropriate to compare the recognition of a word with the implantation of a memory for an entire childhood event.

Kovacs Foundation

These works led to Neuroreflexotherapy (NRT) development which consists of the very superficial implantation of surgical material on the nerve endings of the skin without breaking it.

Neuticles

Miller and Neuticles were featured on an episode of the Penn & Teller show Bullshit! which featured the extremes people will go to in order to pamper and care for their pets, including the implantation of Neuticles, which was shown as an example of some pet owners' desires to reduce what they perceived as stress and/or depression after being neutered.


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