| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to a prosthetic device for use in at least partially restoring the function in a spinal cord in which said function has been lost. The prosthetic device comprises first and second implants 11, 12 positionable at first and seconds ends respectively of a non-functioning section 17 of the spinal cord so as to contact functioning nerves within respective adjacent first and second functioning sections 21, 22 of the spinal cord. The implants are reactive to and stimulatory for said functioning nerves. A routing device 14 connected to the first and second implants maps and relays signals between said first and second implants, whereby an impulse from a specific functioning nerve within a functioning section of the spinal cord detected by the adjacent implant is mapped by the routing device and relayed to the other implant to effect stimulation of the corresponding specific functioning nerve in the other functioning section of the spinal cord.
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