Quadriplegic Man Employs Injury Bridging Technologies to Move Again Just by
  Thinking
From: R&D Magazine - 03/29/2017

Bill Kochevar, who was paralyzed below his shoulders in a bicycling accident,
is believed to be the first person with quadriplegia in the world to have arm
and hand movements restored with the help of two temporarily implanted
technologies.

A brain-computer interface with recording electrodes under his skull, and a
functional electrical stimulation (FES) system* activating his arm and hand,
reconnect his brain to paralyzed muscles.

Holding a makeshift handle pierced through a dry sponge, Kochevar scratched
the side of his nose with the sponge. He scooped forkfuls of mashed potatoes
from a bowl--perhaps his top goal - and savored each mouthful.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2017/03/quadriplegic-man-employs-injury-bridging-technologies-move-again-just-thinking
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2017/03/man-quadriplegia-employs-injury-bridging-technologies-move-again-just-thinking

View a video (3:05) at:
https://youtu.be/OHsFkqSM7-A

Medical breakthrough enables a paraylsed man to move his arms (video 2:47)
https://youtu.be/lxFqDeGjtwE

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Brain-Controlled Muscle Stimulation Makes Paralyzed Man Move Limbs Again
From: International Business Times 03/31/2017
By: Judy Cordova

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have used neuroprosthesis to
help a 56-year-old paralyzed man regain movement of his limbs. Scientists
have long sought a method for using cortically-controlled neuroprosthesis for
intracortical brain-computer interfaces. The Case Western researchers
implanted two small recording chips in the patient's motor cortex, as well as
36 electrodes in his right arm. The patient was able to coordinate reaching
and grasping movements using his own arm and hand. The brain-implanted chips
measure the neurons firing when the patient thinks about moving his limb. The
signals are processed by an algorithm and then transmitted to the electrodes
in the patient's upper and lower arm. "What we are doing is circumventing the
spinal cord injury," says Case Western's Bolu Ajiboye. The team notes this
study is an example of how neuroprosthetics can restore function and
sensation for people with high-cervical spinal cord injuries.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.ibtimes.com.au/brain-controlled-muscle-stimuation-makes-paralysed-man-move-limbs-again-1549053

Link:
Restoration of reaching and grasping movements through brain-controlled
  muscle stimulation in a person with tetraplegia: a proof-of-concept
  demonstration
http://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)30601-3/fulltext