Scientists Use Brain Implants to Help Patients Regain Their Independence

Typically, this involves a chip implanted in the patient’s brain that can translate thoughts into actions.

One company leading the way forward isBlackrock Neurotech.

In 2014, four of its Utah Arrays were implanted into Nathan Copeland.

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In fact, he holds the record for the longest chronic Utah Array implant.

According to Blackrock Neurotech, Copeland has achieved sensory feedback due to the technology.

For nearly two decades, scientists have been implanting chips into the brains of paralyzed patients.

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These chips, known as arrays, allow thoughts to be transformed into actions.

Watch Nathan Copeland, who suffers from a spinal injury, use the system.

See him shake hands with President Barack Obama with a robotic hand controlled by his mind.