Cosima: Spinal neuroprosthesis

Main system: Neuroprostheses

2023: Spinal neuroprosthesis announcement

The spinal neuroprosthesis of the Skolkovo resident is presented, which will return the ability to move to patients after a stroke. This was announced on March 7, 2023 by representatives of the Skolkovo Foundation.

Spinal neuroprosthesis

As reported, the device stimulates spinal cord structures through a specially designed electrode array. This method of spinal neuromodulation can be adapted to recover people from cerebrospinal injury, as well as children with cerebral palsy.

By acting on different areas of the spinal cord through an electrode matrix, spinal neuroprosthesis ensures the integration of systems that control human posture and locomotor. It regulates not only motor but also visceral functions: cardiovascular, respiratory and genitourinary. Such a complex impact makes it possible to rehabilitate patients even in very serious condition in a short time.

Spinal neuroprosthesis

Device combines elements of restoration of motor functions and activation of innate coordinated movements of arms and legs. It can be used for rehabilitation in a clinic or at home.

Spinal neuroprosthesis

Registration certificate for "Spinal neuroprosthesis" of our resident gives rehabilitation specialists an additional tool. Clinical studies have confirmed that this lightweight portable device helps even the most severe patients regain movement. It is especially important that after the course of rehabilitation with the use of the device, more than 80% of patients retain a long-term effect, which leads to a decrease in the level of disability and an increase in the quality of life. told Yulia Shcheglova, senior project manager of the Skolkovo Foundation biomedical technology cluster

Spinal neuroprosthesis

Spinal neuroprosthesis, developed with the support of the NTI Foundation, was focused on the recovery of patients after stroke. Studies were conducted at the clinical base of the Almazov Institute in St. Petersburg and showed that multilevel stimulation of the spinal cord in combination with locomotor exercises is a working tool for neurorehabilitation of motor pathology.

Over the past two years, studies in patients with cerebral palsy and after stroke have shown a significant improvement in the quality of walking in these categories of patients. They give reason to believe in the possibility of restoring motor function, and not replacing it with prostheses, exoskeletons or wheelchairs. We have learned not only to affect the affected function, but also to control it. The trend is turning from habilitation to rehabilitation. The technique is based on the technology of non-invasive neurostimulation of the spinal cord. told Sergey Chernoutsan, CEO of Kosima

In the future, the team plans to create cortical-spinal interface technology that will encode the patient's intention to perform movements. So he will be able to command the brain to trigger spinal stimulation and control robotic locomotor devices.