# Man with paralysis walks naturally after brain, spine implants

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/man-with-paralysis-walks-naturally-after-brain-spine-implants/
- Published: 2023-05-26T09:30:08-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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 […] Click here to view original web page at www.cnn.com