UAE-PRIME: A Feasibility Study of a Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface for the Control of External Devices

Inclusion Criteria

• •(a) A diagnosis of a spinal cord injury (\>12 months), stroke (\>12 months), or other neurological condition causing the participant to experience bilateral upper limb motor impairment, with no expectation of recovery.
• •OR (b) A diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or other progressive neurological condition where the natural history of the disease is well understood and where there is tetraparesis and the expectation, in the view of the participant's treating neurologist, that the disease will progress such that the participant will meet criteria 1a within 1 year of recruitment.
• •Life expectancy ≥ 12 months.
• •Ability to communicate verbally or with the use of a computer or communication aid, and working proficiency in English.
• •Presence of a stable caregiver