A common implant designed to stimulate the spinal cord is enabling paralyzed patients to move again, a first-of-its-kind discovery in a clinical study at HCMC in Minneapolis. While findings have varied among the roughly 20 study participants, the upshot so far is that people can regain function after spinal cord injury and not simply maintain the limited mobility they have, said Dr. David Darrow, the principal investigator. The trial could be the first to force the US Food and Drug Administration to approve a device that restores function after spinal…
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