- Ian Burkhart the first patient in US to use Neurobridge, an electronic neural bypass for spinal cord injuries which reconnects the brain
- The neural bypass connects the brain; the patient is moving his hand through thoughts since the device bypasses the injured site
- The procedure is similar to heart bypass but here the electrical signals are bypassed, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centre and Battelle
- Neurobridge combines algorithms that understand and decode the user’s brain activity and a high-definition muscle stimulation sleeve that translates neural impulses from the brain and transmits new signals to the paralysed limb
- A chip will be implanted onto the motor cortex of patient’s brain and chip interprets brain signals and sends them to a computer recodes and sends them to the high-definition electrode stimulation sleeve that stimulates the proper muscles to execute his desired movements
- Within no time thoughts are translated into action
- Read at: http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31806&articlexml=Brain-implant-helps-paralysed-man-move-his-hand-27062014019024
Exams Perspective:
- Neurobridge
- Human Brain