Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems Inc. is currently focused on the commercialization of two proprietary platforms for neural stimulation, neural sensing in the brain and real-time neural signal decoding technology. These unique and powerful platforms can restore sensation, communication, limb movement as well as other bodily functions.
Cyberkinetics’ NeuroPort™ and BrainGate™ Systems are based on the same direct neural sensing technology platform. The FDA 510(k)-cleared NeuroPort™ System is being developed to enable physicians to provide a new tool that may improve understanding about how the brain works and may enable more accurate diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system injuries and conditions. The BrainGate™ System is being developed to provide novel communication interfaces, the ability to control devices and to potentially restore limb movement to those with spinal cord injury, stroke, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), as well as other central nervous system injuries.
The BrainGate™ Neural Interface System is currently the subject of a pilot clinical trial being conducted under an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) from the FDA. The system is designed to restore functionality for a limited, immobile group of severely motor-impaired individuals. It is expected that people using the BrainGate™ System will employ a personal computer as the gateway to a range of self-directed activities. These activities may extend beyond typical computer functions (e.g., communication) to include the control of objects in the environment such as a telephone, a television and lights…
[On the other hand] the NeuroPort™ System is an FDA cleared medical device intended for temporary (< 30 days) recording and monitoring of brain electrical activity. The NeuroPort™ System is based on Cyberkinetics' BrainGate™technology and consists of two parts, the NeuroPort™ Cortical Microelectrode Array (NeuroPort™ Array) and the NeuroPort™ Neural Signal Processor (NeuroPort™ NSP). The NeuroPort™ Array senses action potentials from individual neurons in the brain. The NeuroPort™ NSP records these high resolution signals and provides a physician with the tools to analyze them…
As neurotechnology progresses, new hope will keep emerging for the paralyzed.
Flashbacks: Brain-computer interface system: promising results; BrainGate Neural Interface System