A “revolutionary implant” restores hope to paraplegics: you can walk and swim... “and a video”
Three paraplegics were able to walk, swim and ride a bike for the first time in years, after they were provided with a revolutionary spinal cord transplant, which gave them hope for a new life and ended a painful phase of their lives, as one of the patients, is currently the first person in the world able to walk freely Despite sustaining a complete spinal cord injury, another patient with paralysis has been able to become a father and continue his life with the help of this technology.
The revolutionary device works, according to “Sputnik” agency, by stimulating the spinal cord area that activates the muscles of the trunk and leg, and the researchers confirmed that the device was very effective, as all patients were able to stand and walk again, one day after its activation.
According to the study published in the scientific journal Nature Medicine, the “spinal cord injection” is controlled by an artificial intelligence (AI) program that reactivates nerve cells via the pacemaker to be sent and distributed through the person’s abdomen again.
The Italian, Michele Roccati, was one of the people who came back to life after a motorcycle accident that caused him to sit for four years in a wheelchair, his spine was greatly affected and he did not feel anything in me at all, but when testing the injection, he said: “The first few steps were Amazing - it's a dream come true.”
An experimental implant that stimulates the spinal cord is giving new hope to people with paralysis to get back on their feet https://t.co/6ejKgxuFbY pic.twitter.com/YVljFu4t4p
— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2022
The researchers stressed that this injection or device is not a treatment for the spine, indicating that this technology is still too complex to be used in daily life, but experts considered reaching this stage "completely amazing."
Once the leads are implanted in the patient's body and the pacemaker is inserted into the patient's stomach, the device is activated by two small remote controls, placed on the patient's walker and connected wirelessly to a tablet, which in turn sends signals to A pacemaker in his stomach.
When the patient presses the button on the right side of the treadmill, his left foot rises off the ground and falls a few inches forward, and vice versa with the button on the left side, allowing the patient to walk.
This complex device uses computer algorithms to help restore motor activities and activate the spinal cord as the brain normally does, according to the British "Daily Mail".
The researchers said the revolutionary device enables wheelchair users to stand, walk and even perform recreational activities such as swimming, cycling and rowing.
Israeli scientists at Tel Aviv University @TelAvivUni have figured out how to create and implant human spinal cord tissues to cure paralysis in animals.
This technology will soon enable paralyzed people to walk again.
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— Avi Kaner Ibrahim אבי (@AviKaner) February 7, 2022
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