Completely 'locked-in' patients can communicate
Kerstin Wirth was one of the people to take part in the trial Patients with absolutely no control over their body have finally been able to communicate, say scientists. A brain-computer interface was used to read the thoughts of patients to answer basic yes-or-no questions. One man was able to repeatedly refuse permission for his daughter to get married. The study on four patients in Germany- publ
Implant lets paralysed man 'play guitar'
Paralysed from the chest down, Ian Burkhart has been able to use his fingers for the first time in six years after a chip was inserted in his brain In a world first, a quadriplegic man can once again move his fingers after a chip was implanted in his brain. Ian Burkhart from Ohio in the US can even move individual fingers to play a guitar-based computer game. The chip reads brain signals, which ar
The bionic eye changing a woman's life
At Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, a clinical trial is taking place in which six patients who have had little or no sight for many years are having a cutting-edge "bionic eye" implanted in an attempt to give them some sight, and independence, back. The first patient in this trial is 49-year-old Rhian Lewis, from Cardiff. She explains: "I was a toddler when my parents noticed I would not cross a
Bionic eye implant world first
Fergus Walsh meets Ray Flynn and the team behind his treatment Surgeons in Manchester have performed the first bionic eye implant in a patient with the most common cause of sight loss in the developed world. Ray Flynn, 80, has dry age-related macular degeneration which has led to the total loss of his central vision. He is using a retinal implant which converts video images from a miniature video
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