Paralyzed Patients Use New Brain Stent and AI to Control Computer

Scientists affiliated with the University of Melbourne and Synchron, Inc. published earlier this week in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery the first-in-human study of Stentrode, a wireless neuroprosthesis that uses machine learning and a stent. What makes the Stentrode technology unique is that it is a stent that records brain activity inside a blood vessel in the brain. It is implanted through the jugular vein so there is no need for open brain surgery. The technology platform originated from the University of Melbourne, in a collaborative effort with the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Monash University, and Synchron, Inc.. A brain-computer interface (BCI) enables two-way communications between the biological brain and a machine.