New spinal implant will help people with paraplegia to exercise paralyzed limbs
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Engineers have developed a new type of microchip muscle stimulator implant that will enable people with paraplegia to exercise their paralyzed leg muscles. It is the first time that researchers have developed a device of this kind that is small enough to be implanted into the spinal canal and incorporates the electrodes and muscle stimulator in one unit. The implant is the size of a child's fingernail.