Starfleet Cortical Stimulator

Used on Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard in the Star Trek: TNG season five episode #225 “The Inner Light,” which aired the week of June 1, 1992.  Cortical stimulators were a medical device used to revive neural activity in the nervous system of critical patients by delivering an electrical shock to induce brain activity. Dr. Crusher attempted to revive Captain Picard with this device following his exposure to the Kataan probe. The stimulator's interruption of the beam from the Kataan probe caused Picard to go into neural shock, which only stabilized when the cortical stimulator was removed. The probe later disengaged the beam safely, and Picard recovered without further intervention, though the probe made him live fifty years of another being's life in approximately twenty real-time minutes. The device is made of vacuum form plastic held together with silver adhesive around the circumference and with black-, red-, and gold-colored applications for detail. Four tiny red and four tiny green LED lights flash sequentially around the central portion that are activated by a switch on the side. It measures about 2 inches in diameter. Mike Williams July 1, 2020 - It’s A Wrap eBay Auction October 5, 2007.