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Title: Quell is a wearable pain manager that stimulates your brain's natural opiates Post by: HCK on January 06, 2015, 09:00:20 pm Quell is a wearable pain manager that stimulates your brain's natural opiates
<article> <section class="page"> <p> <strong>LAS VEGAS—</strong>More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, and now there’s finally a consumer-grade wearable that’s designed to provide some relief. Announced at CES 2015, and available this spring for about $250, Quell (http://www.quellrelief.com/product/)is a wearable that takes time-tested TENS technology to the consumer market.</p><p> TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcutaneous_electrical_nerve_stimulation), a technology that applies a small electrical current to the surface of your skin—in the case of Quell, the electrical leads make contact with your calf, which Quell describes as a “veritable USB port” for plugging into your body’s nervous system. </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2864855/quell-is-a-wearable-pain-manager-that-stimulates-your-brains-natural-opiates.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Quell is a wearable pain manager that stimulates your brain's natural opiates (http://www.macworld.com/article/2864855/quell-is-a-wearable-pain-manager-that-stimulates-your-brains-natural-opiates.html#tk.rss_all) |