Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Cyberkinetics' BrainGate System enables thought-driven computer control for ALS patient in trial
Published in Hospital Business Week, November 19th, 2006
Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc. (CYKN) announced that Leigh R. Hochberg, MD, PhD, principal investigator in the pilot trial of the BrainGate Neural Interface System (BrainGate), presented preliminary findings from the trial's first participant with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease) in his presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Atlanta, Georgia.
Hochberg discussed initial scientific and clinical observations related to the participant, who is unable to speak or move due to advanced ALS. The participant was nonetheless immediately able to use his own thoughts and the BrainGate System to control a...
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