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Who was the first person to have a neuroprosthetic device implanted?
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The first person to have a neuroprosthetic device implanted was a man named Michael J. Fox. He had a neuroprosthetic device implanted in his brain that allowed him to control a robotic arm. The device was implanted in his brain to treat Parkinson’s disease. The device was controlled by a computer program that he ran on a regular computer.