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Why a BCI is needed

You have the will to move. But your body doesn't get your brain's message. A range of health conditions cause limited mobility. 15 million people live with motor impairment.

When you intend to move, your brain’s command center sends a signal.

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A human figure showing the signal pathway from brain to fingertip

How a BCI works

A brain-computer interface creates a new path. It reads your brain's intent directly and sends it to a digital device. Your thoughts control a phone, a tablet, anything with a screen. No muscles needed.

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Synchron's BCI in the body: the Stentrode in a brain blood vessel, connected down and out to a tablet.

The Stentrode BCI

A BCI that goes in like a stent.

The Stentrode sits inside a blood vessel in the brain and reads your intent to move. Texting, browsing, shopping: all from thought alone. The procedure in the clinical trial takes about two hours, no open brain surgery, and most people go home the next day.

CAUTION—Investigational device. Limited by Federal (or United States) law to investigational use.