Computer-brain implant for the first time!
58 year old woman paralyzed by Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has become the first patient to use a computer-brain interface. Netherlands doctors have performed the successful brain implant on the lady which has enabled her to communicate in a day-to-day life via a speech computer.
The lady was completely locked-in due to the severe nerve degeneration and was only able to control her eye muscles.
A device called as electrocorticograph that has electrodes fitted in the brain has been installed on the women's brain. Brain activity is detected by the electrodes and signals are transmitted. The lady has a screen in front of her where she can compose words by using her brain to click the mouse at the proper time. She can spell out the messages at two letters per minute. The words composed by a lady are then uttered by a speech computer. The entire transmission is wireless.
This implant has opened doors of hope for many patients and their kiths and kins.
58 year old woman paralyzed by Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has become the first patient to use a computer-brain interface. Netherlands doctors have performed the successful brain implant on the lady which has enabled her to communicate in a day-to-day life via a speech computer.
The lady was completely locked-in due to the severe nerve degeneration and was only able to control her eye muscles.
A device called as electrocorticograph that has electrodes fitted in the brain has been installed on the women's brain. Brain activity is detected by the electrodes and signals are transmitted. The lady has a screen in front of her where she can compose words by using her brain to click the mouse at the proper time. She can spell out the messages at two letters per minute. The words composed by a lady are then uttered by a speech computer. The entire transmission is wireless.
This implant has opened doors of hope for many patients and their kiths and kins.
Sounds interesting... keep them coming...
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