This BCI device could help doctors locate target areas in the brain more accurately during surgery and help paralyzed patients control robotic arms or exoskeletons to perform everyday actions such as eating and walking. NeuroXess has developed a minimally invasive implant to insert a flexible electrode as thin as one hair under the skin of an animal skull to detect brain signals.
The company has tested the technology on mice, rabbits, and monkeys by using surgical robots, a member of the technology team told Yicai Global. The company’s BCI could collect signals of cranial nerves which provide motor and sensory functions to the head and neck within 30 minutes after surgery and maintain stable operations for up to eight months after that. The system includes EEG equipment with special processing chips to record brain wave patterns with high data speed and stability. (http://www.neuroxess.com)