Man moves paralyzed hand with his own thoughts
From: ECN - 06/24/2014

Chip implanted in brain reads thoughts, activates sleeve to move hand

For the first time ever, a paralyzed man can move his fingers and hand with
his own thoughts thanks to an innovative partnership between The Ohio State
University Wexner Medical Center and Battelle.

Ian Burkhart, a 23-year-old quadriplegic from Dublin, Ohio, is the first
patient to use Neurobridge, an electronic neural bypass for spinal cord
injuries that reconnects the brain directly to muscles, allowing voluntary
and functional control of a paralyzed limb. Burkhart is the first of a
potential five participants in a clinical study.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2014/06/man-moves-paralyzed-hand-his-own-thoughts
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/06/device-allows-brain-bypass-spinal-cord-move-paralyzed-limbs

Links:
Quadriplegic Uses Thought to Move His Hand
http://medicaldesign.com/electronics/quadriplegic-uses-thought-move-his-hand

Video: Man Is First to Move Paralyzed Hand with His Own Thoughts (video 2:09)
http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/75193.php

How the Neurobridge works
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/business/how-the-neurobridge-works/992/

Ohio surgeons hope chip in man’s brain lets him control paralyzed hand with thoughts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ohio-surgeons-hope-chip-in-mans-brain-lets-him-control-paralyzed-hand-with-thoughts/2014/04/29/c45515e2-ccaf-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_story.html

Chad Bouton from Battelle discussing Thought-Controlled Wheelchair (video 1:20)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS0aVWwfQDY

Technology allows quadriplegic man to move hand (video 3:41)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-technology-allows-disabled-man-to-move-paralized-hand/

Photos of the Day: Paralyzed Man Moves Hand with Thoughts
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/06/photos-day-paralyzed-man-moves-hand-thoughts

Device Allows Brain to Bypass Spinal Cord
http://www.pddnet.com/news/2014/06/device-allows-brain-bypass-spinal-cord

Device to Serve as a “Neural Bypass” for SCIs, Allows for Control of Paralyzed Limb
http://www.rehabpub.com/2014/06/device-designed-neural-bypass-scis-allows-control-paralyzed-limb/