Page 22 - Keith Thomas News Today

The impossible became possible after a medical team performed a double neural bypass.

Bioelectronic researchers at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have restored sensations to man living with quadriplegia by implanting microchips into the brain and re-linking it to his body and spinal cord with AI algorithms.

The implant sends signals to a computer, which interprets the patient's intentions and turn them into action.

Implanted in his brain, the five microchips supercharge the patients spinal cord and are leading to lasting improvements even when the system is turned off, researchers said.

The patient, who has been quadriplegic since an accident, was able to move his hands through his thoughts.

‘I can feel the touch of someone holding my hand,’ paralysed man says. ‘It’s overwhelming’

New York resident Thomas was involved in a diving accident on July 18, 2020, that injured his spine's C4 and C5 vertebrae, resulting in a total loss...

“There was a time that I didn’t know if I was even going to live, or if I wanted to, frankly. And now, I can feel the touch of someone holding my hand. It’s overwhelming," said Keith Thomas, the patient who received the revolutionary treatment.

Mind-controlled technology has taken another leap after brain implants enabled paralysed man Keith Thomas to move his arms and hands again.

The “first of its kind” clinical trial brought together surgeons, researchers and engineers in New York.