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Grégoire Courtine

Grégoire Courtine

Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, ONWARD Medical; Professor of Neuroscience, EPFL

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It's the first time in the history of humanity that a therapy has been approved to improve rehabilitation after a spinal cord lesion.

The pace and scope of rehabilitation is amazing. All three patients were able to stand, walk, pedal, swim and control their torso movements in just one day, after their implants were activated!

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Restoring function after paralysis

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Leading scientific development of spinal cord stimulation therapies

Blood pressure instability has long burdened people with spinal cord injuries. Among those with cervical injuries, 78% experience dangerous drops when sitting upright, yet only 28% receive effective treatment. ONWARD Medical just enrolled the first participant in a trial testing whether an implanted spinal cord stimulator can restore the autonomic signals that paralysis disrupts.

Updated May 26