ECoG BMI for Motor and Speech Control

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Pregnancy or breastfeeding
• •2. Inability to understand and/or read English
• •3. Inability to give consent
• •4. Dementia, based on history, physical exam, and MMSE
• •5. Active depression (BDI \> 20) or other psychiatric illness (active general anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), or personality disorders (e.g. multiple personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, etc.)
• •6. History of suicide attempt or suicidal ideation
• •7. History of substance abuse
• •8. Co-morbidities including ongoing anticoagulation, uncontrolled hypertension, cancer, or major organ system failure
• •9. Inability to comply with study follow-up visits
• •10. Any prior intracranial surgery
• •11. History of seizures
• •12. Immunocompromised
• •13. Has an active infection
• •14. Has a CSF drainage system or an active CSF leak
• •15. Requires diathermy, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), or transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to treat a chronic condition
• •16. Has an implanted electronic device such as a neurostimulator, cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator or medication pump, or presence of any head or neck metallic foreign bodies
• •17. Allergies or known hypersensitivity to materials in the Blackrock NeuroPort Array (i.e. silicone, titanium) or the PMT Subdural Cortical Electrode (silicone, platinum iridium, nichrome)