Onward Medical reached its fourth and fifth implantations of the Arc-brain-computer interface therapy implant for patients with spinal cord injuries.
The new procedures were completed on a 48-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois in Lausanne, Switzerland, according to a May 21 news release. Jocelyne Bloch, MD, performed the cases.
“With five successful procedures now completed, we are gaining important information about this potentially transformative therapy for individuals with spinal cord injury,” Dave Marver, CEO of ONWARD Medical, said in the release. “Each procedure advances our understanding and refines our approach, bringing us closer to our vision to make thought-driven movement a reality for people living with paralysis.”
Arc-BCI pairs with Onward’s Arc-IM system, a spinal cord stimulator, to create a digital bridge to enable thought-driven movement after paralysis. Artificial intelligence decodes brain signals and translates it into movement.
