Successful development of artificial spine helps people with paralysis to return to normal

Dr Oxley is also proud to say that the device will limit the risk of infection of electronic chip surgery surgeries in the brain because the brain is completely free of cutlery.

Researchers at the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital (Australia) have successfully built a device called "bionic spine" - roughly translated as artificial spine - that can be directly implanted into the bloodstream. the brain to read nerve signals sent to assistive devices such as prosthetic limbs, hands or expensive exoskeleton suits. Since then, paralyzed patients will be able to easily walk like normal people without any problems.

Scientists have successfully developed artificial spine.

The author of this study, Dr. Thomas Oxley, said: "The purpose of creating this artificial spine is to restore the function and operability of the legs and hands to completely paralyzed patients. From the half body to the whole body The command signals from the brain will be processed and transmitted to the support department at a rate not unlike normal people, so it can be considered as a form of spinal cord replace ". Besides, Oxley also said that the greatest improvement of this invention is its compact size - 3cm long and only a few millimeters wide.

This makes transplant surgery much simpler when doctors only need to operate a small spot on the nape of the patient and drop this device into it's ready to operate. After following the blood vessels approaching the cortex area, controlling the activity of the muscles, artificial spine is ready to help paralyzed patients take the first steps or handshakes after a while. long time. The entire operation and activation of this device only takes place within a few hours. Dr Oxley is also proud to say that the device will limit the risk of infection of electronic chip surgery surgeries in the brain because the brain is completely free of cutlery.

This device has proven its effectiveness with sheep and the first 3 spinal cord patients.

After the artificial spine is successfully transplanted, tiny electrodes will attach to the vein wall and receive controlled nerve impulses from the cortical area that control muscle activity. These credits will be forwarded through the support units listed at the beginning of the article, even if patients can control the computers via a bluetooth connection. The research team said that patients with paralysis for long periods of time will have a lot of difficulty in contacting this device so they have developed a training lesson to guide patients to get used to new life. .

In fact, this is not the first device that can do these things but with its small size and simple transplantation, this invention can also be considered a significant step forward. Currently, this device has proven its effectiveness with sheep and the first three spinal cord patients from the Royal Melbourne Hospital volunteered to participate in a human clinical trial program in 2017.