The Independent
A 23-year-old quadriplegic from the US has become the first paralyzed man ever to move his hand and fingers using just his own thoughts.
Ian Burkhart, from Dublin, Ohio, was paralyzed four years ago during a driving accident and is now the first patient to use Neurobridge – an electronic neural system that bypasses spinal cord injuries to transmit instructions directly from the brain to the muscles.
"It's much like a heart bypass, but instead of bypassing blood, we're actually bypassing electrical signals," said research leader Chad Bouton in a press release. "We're taking those signals from the brain, going around the injury, and actually going directly to the muscles."
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A 23-year-old quadriplegic from the US has become the first paralyzed man ever to move his hand and fingers using just his own thoughts.
Ian Burkhart, from Dublin, Ohio, was paralyzed four years ago during a driving accident and is now the first patient to use Neurobridge – an electronic neural system that bypasses spinal cord injuries to transmit instructions directly from the brain to the muscles.
"It's much like a heart bypass, but instead of bypassing blood, we're actually bypassing electrical signals," said research leader Chad Bouton in a press release. "We're taking those signals from the brain, going around the injury, and actually going directly to the muscles."
Read more (Video)
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