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Novel device can benefit patients with upper limb paralysis – News-Medical.Net
A tiny device the size of a small paperclip has been shown to help patients with upper limb paralysis to text, email and even shop online in the first human trial….
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 29 2020
A tiny device the size of a small paperclip has been shown to help patients with upper limb paralysis to text, email and even shop online in the first human trial.
The device, Stentrode™, has been implanted successfully in two patients, who both suffer from severe paralysis due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – also known as motor neuron disease (MND) – and neither had the ability to move their upper limbs.
Published in the Journal of NeuroInterventional…
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