Tag: spinal cord injury
Onward Medical awarded US FDA Breakthrough Device designation for ARC-BCI system
Onward Medical announced recently that it has been awarded Breakthrough Device designation (BDD) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the ARC-BCI system, which...
SpineX close to full recruitment for SCONE clinical trial
SpineX has announced that it is close to full recruitment of the patient cohort for a clinical trial of its proprietary SCONE device, recently...
Recent breakthroughs represent “baby steps” towards wider use of brain-computer interfaces
“The possibility to restore mobility to patients could have tremendous benefits,” says Mitchell Elkind, chief clinical science officer of the American Heart Association (AHA),...
Onward announces first-in-human implant of ARC-IM stimulator with wireless BCI device
Onward Medical has today announced the successful first-in-human implant of its ARC-IM stimulator intended to restore upper-extremity function after spinal cord injury (SCI). The...
‘Intelligent suit’ supported by AI and electrical stimulation could enhance spinal...
Experts in Germany are working on an ‘intelligent suit’ with which they hope to significantly improve rehabilitation after a serious spinal cord injury. This...
Brain-computer interface plus SCS therapy enables thought-controlled walking after spinal cord...
Onward Medical has announced a recent publication in Nature showing that a wireless brain-computer interface (BCI) can use patients’ thoughts to modulate ARC therapy....
Onward awarded grant to continue developing brain-computer interface technology
Onward Medical has been awarded a second grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) to support the continued development of its brain-computer interface (BCI)...
Onward reports positive study results in restoring arm and hand function...
Onward Medical recently announced that the Up-LIFT pivotal study evaluating its non-invasive spinal cord stimulation (SCS) ARC-EX therapy achieved its primary effectiveness endpoint of...
Dorsal root ganglion stimulation evokes motor responses in patients with complete...
Bilateral L4 dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation has been shown to evoke strong and reproducible motor responses in the upper leg in patients with...
NSI-566 stem cell therapy confers neurological improvement in spinal cord injury...
Intraspinal injections of human spinal cord-derived neural stem cells are well tolerated in a Phase I study of four patients with thoracic (T2–T12) ASIA-A...
Neurostimulation protocol reduces spasticity in spinal cord injury
Spasticity is a common disorder experienced by patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI). Previous studies have shown that excitatory repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)...
