A Massachusetts-based startup called MicroCHIPS has developed an implantable contraceptive chip that can be wirelessly controlled.

Because the device can be turned on and off with a remote, women will no longer need to go to a clinic for an outpatient procedure when they need to deactivate their birth control.

The chip is a 20-millimeter square, about 7 millimeters thick, and each day, it dispenses 30 micrograms of a hormone called levonorgestrel, which is already being used as a contraceptive in the U.S.

The device is designed to last 16 years. If the patient wants to be taken off birth control, she can just turn the device off with a simple click on the remote control. Turning it back on is just as simple.

From company Microchips via IFL Science! for the full article.