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Doctors Remove Woman’s Brain Implant Against Her Will (futurism.com)

submitted 3 months ago by MattW03@lemmy.ca to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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A woman whose epilepsy was greatly improved by an experimental brain implant was devastated when, just two years after getting it, she was forced to have it removed due to the company that made it going bankrupt.

As the MIT Technology Review reports, an Australian woman named Rita Leggett who received an experimental seizure-tracking brain-computer interface (BCI) implant from the now-defunct company Neuravista in 2010 has become a stark example not only of the ways neurotech can help people, but also of the trauma of losing access to them when experiments end or companies go under.

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[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.ee 194 points 3 months ago (17 children)

Oh great so even physical ownership doesn't even mean you own something anymore

[–] dono@lemmy.world 97 points 3 months ago (13 children)

As much as I share this sentiment in general, in this case its probably more likely that this has something to with liability if something goes wrong with the implant. And I would bet the company never released the schematics and code so that aint helpin.

Could prob be solved if implants would be required to be open source so that third party servicing could happen.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 117 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Companies that aren't actively using their IP should be forced to license it to someone who will, or put it in the public domain.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 51 points 3 months ago

All of their code and specs should be required to be put into escrow in case they go out of business.

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