«We can adjust
the test prosthesis perfectly for each person,» explains Fraunhofer IPA scientist Florian Blab.
Loudin and his team are currently
testing the prosthesis in live rats and ultimately aim to move on to clinical trials in humans.
Not exact matches
Dong and his team
tested their «memory
prosthesis» by implanting the device in 20 patients who were already having brain implants placed to treat their epilepsy.
The material is also tried and
tested in other areas of medicine, such as in dentistry in the production of precision models or in orthopaedic technology to create both internal and external
prostheses.
Wheeler plans to have a prototype controller ready for
testing on a neural -
prosthesis user by May 2006.
«We want our students doing the same kinds of
tests [of their devices] that the experts do when they're designing
prostheses,» Coronado says.