August 13, 2014
It is amazing to see how the advancement in neuroengineering is now being implemented into medical surgery. This time, a tiny chip bring the signal from a user's brain to his paralyzed arm, bypass the damaged spinal code, and control the movement of his fingers:
"Ian Burkhart, a 23-year-old quadriplegic from Dublin, Ohio, is the first patient to use Neurobridge, an electronic neural bypass for spinal cord injuries that reconnects the brain directly to muscles, allowing voluntary and functional control of a paralyzed limb."
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For the first time, a paralyzed man can move his fingers and hand with his own thoughts…
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