Bio-Neuroprosthetic

Walk! Move! Live Independently…

First, let’s look at ‘Dura Mater’

Third year of testing with promising results …

Neuroprosthetic medicine is improving the lives of countless individuals. Cochlear implants restore hearing in deaf children, deep brain stimulation alleviates Parkinsonian symptoms, and spinal cord neuromodulation attenuates chronic neuropathic pain. These interventions rely on implants developed in the 1980s.

Since then, advances in electroceutical, pharmaceutical, and more recently optogenetic treatments triggered development of myriad neural interfaces that combine multiple modalities. However, the conversion of these sophisticated technologies

into chronic implants mediating long-lasting functional benefits has yet to be achieved.

A recurring challenge restricting chronic bio-integration is the substantial biomechanical mismatch between implants and neural tissues. Here, we introduce a new class of soft multimodal neural interfaces that achieve chronic bio-integration, and we demonstrate their long-term efficacy in clinically relevant applications.

Spinal Cord Research

Neuroprosthetic Technologies to Improve Motor Recovery after SCI: Gregoire Courtine, PhD

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/533971/a-bendable-implant-taps-the-nervous-system-without-damaging-it/

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Second…

Move!

Experimental Device Allows Paralyzed
Man to Move His Hand for First Time

April 2016 / Nature

Restoring cortical control in a human with quadriplegia

“It’s the first time this has been done and it’s a very big step forward in this field.”

About 5.6 million people in the US have some form of paralysis. This means that about 1 out of every 50 Americans has trouble moving their arms or legs, which can make living independently difficult.

Millions of people worldwide suffer from diseases that lead to paralysis through disruption of signal pathways between the brain and the muscles. Neuroprosthetic devices are designed to restore lost function and could be used to form an electronic ‘neural bypass’ to circumvent disconnected pathways in the nervous system.

Tag: Bioelectronic Interface; Neural Bypass

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