Tiny wraparound implants ‘represent new approach for spinal cord injuries’

In the future, the new implants could lead to treatments for spinal injuries without the need for brain surgery, which would be far safer for patients

Flexible electronic device for 360-degree recording of spinal cord activity (University of Cambridge)

A tiny, flexible electronic implant that wraps around the spinal cord could offer new ways to treat disability and paralysis-causing spinal injuries, a new study suggests.

The devices have been developed by a team of engineers, neuroscientists and surgeons from the University of Cambridge, who used them to record the nerve signals going back and forth between the brain and the spinal cord.