MicroChips' titanium-encased device is about the size of a pager and has a novel flat antenna on oneside that can transmit and receive radio signals from several feet outside the body.
He struggled to breathe against the dextrorotated pressure of his ribs, stretching farther and farther to the side, very early one morning, until he felt a flat pop in the upper part of his back and then pain beyond naming somewhere between his shoulder blade and spine.