A bone marrow neurostimulator has helped a paraplegic woman return to walking after five years. The implantation of the device took place in about 3 hours, through a delicate minimally invasive neurosurgical intervention.
The next step will be to treat spinal cord injuries caused by neurodegenerative diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, in patients who will be recruited by the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. The result was possible thanks to the collaboration with a group of engineers from the Institute of Biorobotics of La Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa.