Mind-Controlled hand: brain implant lets paralyzed person move again

NCT ID NCT03482310

Summary

This study tested a system to help a person with arm and hand paralysis from a spinal cord injury regain movement. The participant used a brain implant to send signals to a device that electrically stimulated the muscles in their arm and hand. The goal was to see if they could control different hand-grasping patterns in virtual reality and in their actual hand.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-1702, United States

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