Technology breaks down new barriers every time and this time it has come to the aid of paraplegic patients.
Proof of this is the 40-year-old Dutchman Gert-Jan, who lost the ability to move his legs in 2011, after falling off a bicycle, but today has regained this ability. This thanks to a new technology that manages to convert the patient’s thoughts into electrical stimuli, which is then sent to the spinal cord to generate movement.
The technology is based on a digital bridge made up of two electronic implants, one in the brain and one in the spinal cord.
Thanks to the digital bridge, Gert-Jan has been able to regain natural control of the movement of her paralyzed legs. And he can already stand and stand, walk on crutches and even climb stairs.
