来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：生物医学工程探索 第22集 第22集》

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  So, in order to repair this nerve
  因此为了修复这个神经
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  you had to sacrifice a nerve somewhere else.
  你必须牺牲另外某个地方的神经
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  Maybe you could do that same thing with a material,
  也许你能用材料做同样的事情
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  so what would the material look like?
  那么材料会是什么样子呢
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  The material might look like this,
  材料也许看起来像这样
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  and this is just a cylindrical cuff and it's a complete cylinder.
  这只是一个柱状的口 一个完全的圆筒
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  It's shown as a cutout here just so that you can see inside,
  它展示了一个切口以便你看到内部
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  but it's a complete cylinder that's hollow and
  但是它是一个完全的柱状物 里面中空
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  you put one end of the nerve into one end,
  将神经的一个末端放到该装置的末端
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  and one end of the nerve into the other.
  再将另外一个末端放置另一端连接起来
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  Now, you've placed these nerves, not in physical contact,
  你放置这些神经 无需物理的接触
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  but you've created a compartment through which they can communicate.
  你创造了可供神经交流的一个空间