“Neuroprosthetics for Restoration of Upper Limb Function”
Motivation:
- People with severe disabilities may have limited means to communicate or interact with their environment
- Traditional assistive technologies often require some amount of dexterity to operate
- A brain-computer interface (BCI) can establish a direct link between the brain and an external device
- Potential for high degree-of-freedom, intuitive control
- Rehabilitation
Outline:
- Definition of BCI/ neuroprosthesis
- Multidisciplinary research approach
- BCI for neurorehabilitation
- BCI as assistive technology
- User Priorities
- Clinical research at Pittsburgh
- Barriers to clinical translation