Of course, a device of that size also poses a number of problems, but Insound appears to have all those sorted out, with it employing a special "spongy material" that allows moisture to escape and prevent infection, and a magnet to actually remove the device from the ear.

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Through these incisions, they used a miniature cutting and vacuum device to remove the gel in the middle of the eye and replaced it with saline.

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No device of man can remove the tragedy from war.

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