The latest iteration of a spinal cord stimulation implant has allowed three paralyzed patients to take steps independently on a treadmill within a day of their device’s activation, and to stand, walk, swim and pedal a bicycle after five months of rehab. In 2018, the technology helped a patient get out of his wheelchair and […]
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Paralyzed monkeys walk again with wireless ‘brain-spine interface’
Swiss scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology helped paralyzed monkeys walk again with a neuroprosthetic interface that acts as a wireless bridge between the brain and the spine, according to a study published today in Nature. Researcher suggested that their method for regaining control of non-functioning limbs could one day lead to paralyzed people being […]