Mijail Serruya, MD, PhD (left) and patient (right) working on the Cortimo clinical trial to test using brain implants to control a motorized brace that fits over the patient's stroke-affected arm, at Thomas Jefferson University.
Can Brain Implants Improve Mobility After Stroke?
Now, researchers at Jefferson have initiated a clinical trial using a brain implant and robotic brace to test a method that could one day offer hundreds of thousands of stroke patients with long-term disability a new option for better mobility.