Utah Business recently profiled Biologic Input Output Systems (BIOS) and the neural interface technology we’re developing with researchers at the University of Utah, including an interview with BIOS CEO Josh Miller.
For more than a century, prosthetic hands have changed surprisingly little. Most people with limb loss choose between passive or body-powered devices, and many powered options rely on muscle signals, which can be slow and trigger unexpectedly. BIOS takes a different approach: our neural interface reads the signals the brain sends to the nerves, converts them into digital commands in real time, and sends signals back so the user can feel touch. Paired with the LUKE arm, this lets people control a prosthetic hand by thought and sense what it holds.
The article also goes inside the University of Utah lab with postdoctoral researcher Marshall Trout. He shows the small implanted chip, which communicates with the arm in about 10 milliseconds, quicker than the delay a person would notice.
Josh shares the roadmap: starting with upper-limb loss, then expanding to lower limbs, partial hands and feet, and other clinical uses. He also credits Utah’s research talent and entrepreneurial support, saying the state could become “the Silicon Valley of neurotech.”
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