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chief medical correspondent jon lapook shows us how it works. >> reporter: at his home in melbourne,he simple things many of us take for granted. >> getting dressed, washing myself, cleaning my teeth, feeding myself, all thoseeevere >> reporter: als took away his ability to control his hands and body. when you heard that there was a device that could use your thoughts to operate a mouse, what did you think? >> i laughed. i thought this is science fiction type stuff. >> reporter: but it's n realm of science fiction anymore. in april of 2020, o'keefe became one of the first patients to receive a stentrode brain computer interface implant. >> this is the stentrode. that's the device that goes inside the blood vessel. >> reporter: dr. tom oxley of synchron leads the development of the device. >> we've figured out how to deliver the sensors into the brain without open brain surgery. that's the huge advance here. >> reporter: inserted through the jugular vein, the device is implanted in the area of the brain that controls movement. signals captured by a receiver in the chest are sent wirel

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