New brain-machine interface moves a paralyzed hand: Technology bypasses spinal cord and delivers signals from brain directly to muscles
Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
A new brain-machine technology delivers messages from the brain directly to the muscles -- bypassing the spinal cord -- to enable voluntary and complex movement of a paralyzed hand. The device could eventually be tested on, and perhaps aid, paralyzed patients.