An ALS patient performs the world’s first-ever use of a brain-computer interface to navigate a mixed-reality headset without using hands.
, neurotechnology, spatial computing, and mixed/virtual reality industries. Last week, the BCI company Synchron showcased the world’s first-ever use of its BCI solution with the mixed-reality headset Apple Vision Pro by an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient.
What makes Synchron's BCI innovative is that it does not require brain surgery to implant because it is stent-based. Stents are small mesh tubes that are used for a variety of medical purposes, such as to keep blood vessels in the heart from narrowing, keep airways open, and even to deliver slow-releaseto help prevent the formation of blood clots. For this BCI, the stent with sensors is used to record brain activity.
The stent is a self-expanding metal scaffold made of a nickel and titanium alloy called nitinol that is super elastic and can expand up to 8 millimeters in the blood vessel, according to founding CTO and Board Member of Synchron, Nicholas Opie, Ph.D., MBA, who is also a professorial fellow of medicine at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and professor at the University of Melbourne.
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