Michel Roccati lost the ability to walk after a motorcycle accident in 2017, when he had a complete spinal cord injury.But today, equipped with an electrode device implanted on his spinal cord, ...
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University biomedical engineering researchers have moved a step closer to a "smart bladder pacemaker" that might one day restore bladder control in patients with spinal cord ...
The participants had 16-electrode devices implanted in the epidural space, an area between the vertebrae and the spinal cord membrane. The electrodes receive currents from a pacemaker implanted under ...