A remat detonator was a weapon designed to disrupt a person's pattern during transporter rematerialization, with lethal effects. The device could be as small as two cubic millimeters in size, allowing it to be secretly implanted in a person's body or their clothing. Remat detonators were typically used by the Romulans, but were also sold on the black market. Federation transporters were programmed to scan for remats, however, it was possible to keep one from being detected.
Silaran Prin used a remat detonator to murder former Bajoran Resistance informant Trentin Fala in 2373. (DS9: "The Darkness and the Light")
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- Remat detonator at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works