September 19, 2025|
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|3 months agoSwiss Medical Breakthrough: New Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
EPFL and Lausanne University Hospital researchers develop groundbreaking implant to address chronic hypotension in spinal cord injury patients.
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- EPFL and Lausanne University Hospital researchers developed an implant for treating chronic hypotension in spinal cord injury patients
- The implant consists of electrodes on a small oblong plate connected to a pacemaker-sized box
- The device has been successfully tested on 14 people across Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Canada
By The Numbers
14
Number of successful test patients
4
Number of clinical trials
They Said
"her life has changed completely"
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