Brain-to-Machine Interface May Offer a Way Forward for Neurological Control of a Prosthetic Limb
Published date : 19 December 2012
Article date : 19 December 2012
The Lancet features an interesting report about how brain-to-machine interfaces could provide the way forward for restoring lost functions for an individual with tetraplegia. This type of interface, they suggest, could quickly achieve neurological control of a high-performance prosthetic limb.
During a clinical test, two intracortical microelectrodes were implanted in the motor cortex of a 52 year old individual with tetraplegia. Brain-machine-interface training followed over a 13 week period with the aim of controlling a prosthetic limb with seven degrees of freedom. Their ability to control the limb was assessed with clinical measures of upper limb function.