I don't wanna spill the beans yet, because I haven't finished fleshing it out. But I have a prototype of sorts which I'll gladly show you... And I have learned a few things in practice of making things implantable:
-Conformal Coating services aren't cheap, especially when it comes to medical implant grade materials, luckily there are inexpensive solutions such as sheathing the device in a piece of medical tubing. The Tygon brand encompasses two lines of tubing which meet the criteria or implant materials (Although the Data sheets do say "not for implant")
-EO Gas sterilization is within the price range of most hobbyists, however, engineering runs can have long turnaround times, and you may have to build quite a few units in order to gauge "Off-Gassing" times before you have a safe, stable process down. Check your data-sheets for your electronics and see if you can subject them to autoclave conditions at least temporarily, that's my plan. Nearly every tattoo and piercing shop has an autoclave, and if you're having a professional piercer install the device, they'll be happy to sterilize the device for you in their autoclave, I'm sure. Just test it afterward, obviously.
Here's what I'm working on:
"What is it?"
Hah! All will be explained after it's installed.
Just an update, anyway, to let you know I'm still alive.
Be well,
-Nick
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