Bionic Spines

An artificial implant in the human spine could help paralysed patients to walk.

The ‘bionic spine’ has mind control capabilities and it’s set to be tested on humans next year. The insertion is the size of a paper clip and will be trialled on patients at the Royal Melbourne hospital next year.

Co-principal investigator & biomedical engineer Dr Nicholas Opie joined us on the Daily this morning to tell us more.

Produced by Georgia Clark