Small Brain Implant Helps Paralyzed Patients

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  • TBMG-38169
Published December 01, 2020 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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A tiny device the size of a small paperclip has been shown to help patients with upper limb paralysis to text, e-mail, and even shop online in the first human trial. The device, Stentrode™, has been implanted successfully in two patients, who both suffer from severe paralysis due to motor neuron disease (MND) — also known amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — and neither had complete ability to move their upper limbs.