article_snippet.sent: I helped design a special system of individual links of platinum which we can join together with nylon to create a chain of the desired length and weight.
article_snippet.sent: For Lauren, I used three links weighing 0.4g each.
article_snippet.sent: This is much easier than stitching in a single bar of metal and then finding that it is too heavy or light.
article_snippet.sent: This way, we can easily add or remove a link.
article_snippet.sent: Then, on a workbench, I linked the correct number of platinum links to form the weight I required (I'd previously done a trial run, sticking temporary weights to the outside of Lauren eyelids to check the weight).
article_snippet.sent: These nylon stitches stay in place for several years before being reabsorbed by the body.
article_snippet.sent: This chain segment innovation seems to work well.