Clinical translation of a high-performance neural prosthesis.

ABSTRACT: Neural prostheses have the potential to improve the quality of life of individuals with paralysis by directly mapping neural activity to limb- and computer-control signals. We translated a neural prosthetic system previously developed in animal model studies for use by two individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis who had intracortical microelectrode arrays placed in motor cortex. Measured more than 1 year after implant, the neural cursor-control system showed the highest published performance achieved by a person to date, more than double that of previous pilot clinical trial participants.

SUBMITTER: Gilja V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4805425 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature