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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.
ew research helps patients with lower body paralysis walk again thanks to a spinal cord implant that stimulates muscles . AFP/FILE
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
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