16 Dec Non-Invasive Interface Allows Subjects To Control Objects With Just Thoughts

MedicalResearch.com Interview with:

Dr. Bin He

Bin He, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Engineering in Medicine
Director, Center for Neuroengineering
Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Medtronic-Bakken Endowed Chair for Engineering in Medicine
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455

MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?

Response: This work is aimed at developing a noninvasive brains-computer interface to allow disabled patients to control their environment by just thinking about it.

We found 8 human subjects were able to accomplish 3D reach and grasp tasks without using any muscle activities but just thinking about it.

MedicalResearch.com: What should readers take away from your report?

Response:  That noninvasive brain-computer interface may some day become a way for disabled patient to control a prosthetic limb or other devices without the need of brain implant.

MedicalResearch.com: Thank you for your contribution to the MedicalResearch.com community.

Citation:

Noninvasive Electroencephalogram Based Control of a Robotic Arm for Reach and Grasp Tasks

Jianjun Meng,  Shuying Zhang, Angeliki Bekyo, Jaron Olsoe, Bryan Baxter & Bin He
Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 38565 (2016)
doi:10.1038/srep38565

Published online:14 December 2016

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Last Updated on December 16, 2016 by Marie Benz MD FAAD