New technology that would soon allow paralysed patients to operate bionic limbs with the aid of implanted brain transmitters is being developed by Brit engineers.
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Spinal cord injuries cause paralysis by cutting off the connection between the brain and limbs.
However, such patients still possess the ability to "think" commands from the brain, according to Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, who heads a University of Leicester team working on the project.
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He added: "If we can get the signals from these neurons and interpret them with what is called decoding algorithms, then we can move a robot device placed on the paralysed arm."
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