MindEx: A Novel, Multifocal, Cognitive Brain-Machine Interface System

Summary

This research study is being done to develop a novel brain-computer interface (BCI) technology that can enable severely paralyzed individuals to interact with the world through direct brain-control of a computer. This technology is named MindEx (for Mind Extender). It utilizes four implanted "chips" in the human brain from which investigators can record brain activity during subjects' thoughts and decode meaningful information from this activity to be used as control signals for a computer, a la

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria: * Paralysis resulting from cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), brainstem stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic), or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) * Provide informed consent * Understand and comply with instructions, if necessary, with the aid of a translator * Communicate via spe

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