在一些前沿领域,医学研究要想进入临床试验阶段,不得不面临着异常严格的伦理审查。如今,大脑植入设备正陷此困境。1980年,一个11岁的男孩患有脑瘫,无意识性的肌肉收缩让他的身体扭曲变形。为此,他接受了向小脑值入电刺激器的手术。一旦启动电刺激器,男孩奇怪的身体运动就会平静下来。30多年过去了,如今46岁的他仍旧使用着电刺激器。然而问题出现了:这个设备由于年久已经发生了磨损,但开发这款设备的公司早巳停止同款产品的生产制造,而 In some frontiers, medical research has to face an exceptionally rigorous ethical review if it wants to enter clinical trials. Brain implant devices are in the doldrums today. In 1980, an 11-year-old boy had cerebral palsy and involuntary muscle contraction distorted his body. To this end, he accepted the value of the cerebrum into the electrical stimulator surgery. Once the electrical stimulator is activated, the boy’s strange body movement will calm down. More than 30 years later, he is still 46 years old using electrical stimulator. However, the problem arose: Since this device has been worn over a long period of time, the company developing the device has stopped manufacturing the same product,