Neurobridge provides hope for those with spinal cord injuries

History was made when 23-year-old Ian Burkhart from Dublin, Ohio, became the first quadriplegic to move his arm via his thoughts, thanks to a new device that bridges the gap between the brain and the muscle, bypassing the spinal cord altogether.

Researchers from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Battelle Memorial Institute, a charitable trust that applies science and technology solutions, have completed their first human clinical test of Neurobridge, a device that permits paralysed individuals voluntary and functional use of their limbs.