Center for Cybernetic Medicine and Neuroprosthetics

History

2024: Establishing a Company

In Russia, the Center for Cybernetic Medicine and Neuroprosthetics is being created, which will develop and introduce advanced technologies in the field of medicine and robotics. This became known on June 24, 2024.

The initiative is being implemented jointly by the Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnologies of the FMBA of Russia and the Motorika Research Center, which is a resident of the Skolkovo Technopark.

The center will combine the competencies of medicine, robotics and information technology. The main focus will be on neuroprosthetics, that is, the creation and use of new types of closed-loop prostheses that can return lost functions to patients. As the newspaper notes, domestic innovative companies will play a key role in this process.

source = FMBA of Russia

Neurotechnologies are one of the most important areas of modern medicine. The introduction of these technologies requires the combined efforts of specialists from various fields - neurologists, neurosurgeons, rehabilitologists, neurophysiologists, physicists and engineers, - said Veronika Skvortsova, head of the FMBA of Russia.

The Center for Cybernetic Medicine and Neuroprosthetic will work to develop deep brain stimulation technologies to suppress the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, spinal stimulation to combat neuropathic pain, stimulation of peripheral nerves to eliminate phantom pain and vagus nerve to suppress epileptic seizures. In addition, it is planned to introduce new neuromodulation systems and digital diagnostics of patients.

According to FGKU Rosgranstroy, one of the key tasks of the Center will be the development of educational programs in the field of neurotechnologies, which will ensure the technological sovereignty of Russian medicine. The center will also develop domestic neurostimulators, integrate brain-computer interfaces and restore sensitivity after limb amputation.^[1]

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