With Electronics in His Brain, Spine, Paralyzed Man Takes a Stride

 With Electronics in His Brain, Spine, Paralyzed Man Takes a Stride

The Washington Post

Daniel Gilbert, May 24, 2023

An international team of scientists and neurosurgeons implanted electronics into the brain and spinal cord of a paralyzed man that enable him to walk, and to climb stairs. Explained Grégoire Courtine at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, "We have created a wireless interface between the brain and the spinal cord using brain-computer interface technology that transforms thought into action." The system incorporates a device implanted in the skull above the brain's surface, which decodes patterns involved in walking and sends a signal to a second device implanted along the spinal cord. Electrodes activate the spinal cord sequentially to trigger leg muscles for walking. ... '