New Delhi: New York-based company Synchron has created a device called “Synchron Switch” that allows patients to control an iPhone or iPad using their brains. According to Semaphore, an array of sensors known as a “stentrode” is inserted through a blood vessel into the top of the brain. It is controlled wirelessly from the patient’s chest using a synchron switch.
Rodney Gorham, a retired software vendor in Melbourne, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a nervous system disease that severely affects physical functioning. According to a report, Synchrony has six patients who are using the Synchron Switch device and Gorham is using it for the first time with an Apple product. ,Also read: Track Your Parcel In One Click; Here’s What Gmail’s New Feature Brings For You–Details Inside,
“We’re excited about the iOS and Apple products because they’re so ubiquitous, and this will be the first brain switch input in a device,” said Tom Oxley, Synchrony’s co-founder and CEO. With Synchron Switch, Gorham’s thoughts turn into action on the iPad. ,Also read: Twitter Blue Tick Holders Alert! Are you getting ‘Twitter alert’ mail? Do not share these details otherwise…,
The iPad registers Gorham’s foot tapping as a finger tap when he thinks about tapping his foot. As Semaphore reports, using his synchron switch, Gorham is able to send single-word text messages from his iPad.
Synchron is the first company to have received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to conduct clinical trials for a computer-brain implant. The company has raised $70 million in venture and other funding, reducing the cost of installing and maintaining the device.