A man with paralysis began to walk after the implantation of processors

A man whose legs were paralyzed 10 years ago began to walk. A medical and technical operation helped — the implantation of electronics that restored the connection between the brain and the legs.

The man took advantage of the development of Swiss doctors who created a device that connects the brain with the muscles of the legs, writes xrust. In practice, the “interface” bypasses the damaged area of ​​the spinal cord, which prevents the circulation of nerve impulses between the brain and leg sensors.

Implanted electronics receive electrical impulses in the brain that form the intention to walk, and transmit electrical vibrations to the processor. There, intentions are transformed into intermediate signals that are transmitted to another processor located on the other side of the damaged spinal cord. This processor commands the muscle contractions of the legs, perceives the reactions of their sensors, and transmits back.

So far, the brain-muscle interface has been tested on a single patient.

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