Man with paralysis walks naturally after brain, spine implants

Photo caption: “Now, I can just do what I want, and when I decide to make a step, the stimulation will kick in,” Oskam said. Photo credit: Jimmy Ravier. Article by Jamie Gumbrecht and Deidre McPhillips. CNN: Health – updated May 25, 2023. Source: Nature.

(CNN) — New research reveals how a medical device helped one man with paralysis walk naturally again, more than a decade after an injury. Dr. Grégoire Courtine and colleagues from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne developed and implanted a “brain-spine interface” that creates a direct neurological […]

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