The Dallamore Neuro Spinal Implant has been successfully developed to permit paralysed patients to regain normal bodily functions and to walk again.

Professor Mark Dallamore and his team have developed this chip implant to pick up instructions from the brain and transmit them past the damaged area of the spinal cord, and are ready to perform the first such operations.

The nervous system is divided into the Central Nervous System (CNS) and the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). The CNS consists of the spinal cord and the brain and the PNS is the nerves and ganglia that transmit information between the CNS and the rest of the body. Its main function is to connect the CNS to the limbs and organs.

Even when an injury blocks the transmission of signals through the spinal cord, the PNS still functions normally. The Dallamore Neuro Spinal Implant bypasses the damaged area of the spinal cord, so allowing the body to recognise and respond to instructions from the PNS.

The Dallamore Neuro Spinal Implant builds on research begun in 2003, when Professor Dallamore first demonstrated successful nerve regeneration via the PNS. In 2007 he started building the team that has brought his design for his chip implant system, to fruition. He founded Neuroscience for Nerve Regeneration International to implement his development and to research further medical advances.

Further developments will be listed on the News page.