University of Michigan opens brain-computer interface clinic in Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR, MI — One of the first brain-computer interface clinics in the country has opened in Ann Arbor.

University of Michigan Health opened its clinic to patients with severe motor and speech impairments on Tuesday, Dec. 16, Dr. Matthew Willsey, professor of neurosurgery and biomedical engineer at UM and clinic lead, said.

Willsey said the purpose of the clinic is to bring together a “multidisciplinary set of clinicians” who can cater to patients’ needs, tell them of the technology and their eligible clinical trials and inform them of other centers…

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