Spinal cord implant helps paralysed patients walk again

The three were able to take steps shortly after the six-centimetre implant was inserted and its pulses were fine-tuned.

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ew research helps patients with lower body paralysis walk again thanks to a spinal cord implant that stimulates muscles . AFP/FILE
By NewVision Reporter
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In 2017, Michel Roccati was in a motorbike accident that left his lower body completely paralysed. In 2020, he walked again, thanks to a breakthrough new spinal cord implant.

The implant

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