Watch: Implant helps paralysed man with severed spinal cord to walk again

In today’s world, technology has empowered mankind to achieve wonders. Well, it is not just a statement but truth.  

A man, who has been paralysed with a severed spinal cord, has been able to walk again. The credit goes to an implant, which has been developed by a team of Swiss researchers.  

Five years ago, Michel Roccati was paralysed after a motorbike accident. His spinal cord was completely severed.   

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Now, he can walk with the help of the electrical implant, which has been surgically attached to his spine.

For the first time, a person, who has had a complete cut to the spinal cord, has been able to walk freely. 

"I stand up, walk where I want to, I can walk the stairs - it's almost a normal life," said Roccati.  

Prof Jocelyne Bloch from the Laboratoire de Neurothérapies et Neuromodulation – LNTM, who is the neurosurgeon who inserted the implant, said that he was amazed by the speed of Roccati's recovery.    

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Bloch had also attached electrodes to his individual nerve fibres.   

Not just this, another paralysed patient has been able to become a father with the help of this technology.   

The research has been published in the Nature Medicine journal.  

(With inputs from agencies)