Paralyzed man walks again via thought-controlled implants

By Agence France-Presse

May 26, 2023 12:01 am

PARIS: A paralyzed man has regained the ability to walk smoothly using only his thoughts for the first time, researchers said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila), thanks to two implants that restored communication between brain and spinal cord.

The patient Gert-Jan, who did not want to reveal his surname, said the breakthrough had given him 'a freedom that I did not have' before.

Gert-Jan, a 40-year-old man from the Netherlands whose spinal cord injury left him paralyzed, walks with his implants during a news conference in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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