Motorcycle
lover Gomez Brian broke his neck in an accident six years ago. Last
year, June 2016, he became one of the first patients to undergo a
special surgery to enable him to move his hands. It was performed by
Ronald Reagan Medical Center Doctors (LA). A 32-electrode spinal
simulator was implanted below Brian's spinal-cord injury, in the
middle of his neck,the area correlated to the loss of function and
feeling of the limbs. The team from Ronald Reagan Medical Center have
performed the very first implant medical procedure of this kind on
two spinal-cord injury patients. The results were good and the growth
of the mobility of the fingers was noticed. The strenght of the grip
increased up to 300 percent. And that is a lot!
We
know, that the spine has the pathways for information from our brain
to the limbs. The spinal stimulator is helping the spinal cord to
find and use these pathways. And it is a unique effective technology
as the device is implanted in the spine instead of the brain. The
electrical stimulation is used in order to recover the abilities of
standing, moving hands and legs.
Please
watch this video to find out more details about this promissing
technology.
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