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Jocelyne Bloch

Jocelyne Bloch

Co-founder, ONWARD Medical; Professor of Neurosurgery, Lausanne University Hospital and EPFL

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Restoring function after paralysis

New Capabilities

Performing surgical implantations and leading clinical development

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