Man with Quadriplegia Employs Injury Bridging Technologies to Move Again—Just by Thinking

Credit: Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland FES Center

Bill Kochevar, who was paralyzed below his shoulders in a bicycling accident, is believed to be the first person with quadriplegia in the world to have arm and hand movements restored with the help of two temporarily implanted technologies.

« Man with Quadriplegia Employs Injury Bridging Technologies to Move Again—Just by Thinking

Credit: Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland FES Center

A brain-computer interface with recording electrodes under his skull, and a functional electrical stimulation (FES) system* activating his arm and hand, reconnect his brain to paralyzed muscles.

« Man with Quadriplegia Employs Injury Bridging Technologies to Move Again—Just by Thinking

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