Brain-computer interface to control digital devices using thoughts: The European Patent Office has announced that Australian researchers have been selected as finalists for the European Inventor Award 2023

Oxley is a vascular and interventional neurologist and an expert in brain-computer interfaces, and Opie is a biomedical engineer and expert in neural interfaces. Oxley and Opie's collaboration led to the founding of Synchron in 2016, a company specialising in developing implantable neural interfaces for the treatment of neurological disorders. The pair's commitment to patients and combined expertise paved the way to the Stentrode. For the 14 million people worldwide living with neuromuscular disorders (damage to nerves that are responsible for voluntary muscle movement), Oxley and Opie's invention could prove life-changing.

Oxley is a vascular and interventional neurologist and an expert in brain-computer interfaces, and Opie is a biomedical engineer and expert in neural interfaces. Oxley and Opie's collaboration led to the founding of Synchron in 2016, a company specialising in developing implantable neural interfaces for the treatment of neurological disorders. The pair's commitment to patients and combined expertise paved the way to the Stentrode. For the 14 million people worldwide living with neuromuscular disorders (damage to nerves that are responsible for voluntary muscle movement), Oxley and Opie's invention could prove life-changing.

Oxley and Opie have been named among the three finalists in this year's European Inventor Award in the 'Non-EPO Countries' category, which recognises the work of outstanding inventors from outside the EPO's 39 member states but who have been granted a European patent.Thewinners will be announced at a hybrid ceremony on 4 July 2023 in Valencia (Spain). This ceremony will be broadcast online here and is open to the public.

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