Yeah it was crazy, I looked for an article but could only find something from this year and it looks like they’re attempting again without a real device and looking for someone to make one. But for now they’re just using a standard neurosensor with wires that attach to the spine.
Now medically retired, Burch, 26, hopes again to be a trailblazer -- the first Department of Veterans Affairs patient to regain function in his lower body -- to include taking steps -- courtesy of an electrical implant in his spine that is designed to stimulate his body's sensorimotor networks.
Yeah it was crazy, I looked for an article but could only find something from this year and it looks like they’re attempting again without a real device and looking for someone to make one. But for now they’re just using a standard neurosensor with wires that attach to the spine.
>Now medically retired, Burch, 26, hopes again to be a trailblazer -- the first Department of Veterans Affairs patient to regain function in his lower body -- to include taking steps -- courtesy of an electrical implant in his spine that is designed to stimulate his body's sensorimotor networks.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/25/va-testing-implant-could-allow-paralyzed-veterans-walk-again.html
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