Publications by Nikolaus Wenger

System for selective spatiotemporal stimulation of the spinal cord

Silvestro Micera, Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch, Marco Capogrosso, Nikolaus Wenger

The present disclosure refers to systems for electrical neurostimulation of a spinal cord of a subject in need of nervous system function support. In one example, a system comprises a signal processing device configured to receive signals from the subject ...

2019

Advantages of soft subdural implants for the delivery of electrochemical neuromodulation therapies to the spinal cord

Stéphanie Lacour, Marco Capogrosso, Grégoire Courtine, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Pavel Musienko, Ivan Rusev Minev, Nikolaus Wenger, Jérôme Gandar, Polina Shkorbatova, Nathan Antoine Greiner

Objective. We recently developed soft neural interfaces enabling the delivery of electrical and chemical stimulation to the spinal cord. These stimulations restored locomotion in animal models of paralysis. Soft interfaces can be placed either below or abo ...

2018

Configuration of electrical spinal cord stimulation through real-time processing of gait kinematics

Grégoire Courtine, Marco Capogrosso, Jocelyne Bloch, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Tomislav Milekovic, Pavel Musienko, Nikolaus Wenger, Fabien Bertrand Paul Wagner, Jérôme Gandar, Polina Shkorbatova

Epidural electrical stimulation (EES) of the spinal cord and real-time processing of gait kinematics are powerful methods for the study of locomotion and the improvement of motor control after injury or in neurological disorders. Here, we describe equipmen ...

2018

System to deliver adaptive epidural and/or subdural electrical spinal cord stimulation to facilitate and restore locomotion after a neuromotor impairment

Silvestro Micera, Grégoire Courtine, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Nikolaus Wenger, Marco Bonizzato

The present disclosure provides a closed-loop system for real-time control of epidural and/or subdural electrical stimulation comprising means for applying to a subject neuromodulation with adjustable stimulation parameters, said means being operatively co ...

2018

System for selective spatiotemporal stimulation of the spinal cord

Silvestro Micera, Marco Capogrosso, Grégoire Courtine, Nikolaus Wenger, Jocelyne Bloch

The present disclosure refers to systems for electrical neurostimulation of a spinal cord of a subject in need of nervous system function support. In one example, a system comprises a signal processing device configured to receive signals from the subject ...

2017

Spatiotemporal neuromodulation therapies engaging muscle synergies improve motor control after spinal cord injury

Silvestro Micera, Stéphanie Lacour, Grégoire Courtine, Quentin Barraud, Jocelyne Bloch, Marco Capogrosso, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Pavel Musienko, Nikolaus Wenger, Natalia Pavlova

Electrical neuromodulation of lumbar segments improves motor control after spinal cord injury in animal models and humans. However, the physiological principles underlying the effect of this intervention remain poorly understood, which has limited the ther ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

System to deliver adaptive epidural and/or subdural electrical spinal cord stimulation to facilitate and restore locomotion after a neuromotor impairment

Silvestro Micera, Grégoire Courtine, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Nikolaus Wenger, Marco Bonizzato

The present invention provides a closed-loop system for real-time control of epidural and/or subdural electrical stimulation comprising: means for applying to a subject neuromodulation with adjustable stimulation parameters, said means being operatively co ...

2016

Biomaterials. Electronic dura mater for long-term multimodal neural interfaces

Silvestro Micera, Stéphanie Lacour, Grégoire Courtine, Quentin Barraud, Léonie Asboth, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Tomislav Milekovic, Marco Capogrosso, Pavel Musienko, Nicolas Vachicouras

The mechanical mismatch between soft neural tissues and stiff neural implants hinders the long-term performance of implantable neuroprostheses. Here, we designed and fabricated soft neural implants with the shape and elasticity of dura mater, the protectiv ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2015

Closed-loop neuromodulation of spinal sensorimotor circuits controls refined locomotion after complete spinal cord injury

Silvestro Micera, Grégoire Courtine, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Stanisa Raspopovic, Pavel Musienko, Nikolaus Wenger, Marco Bonizzato

Neuromodulation of spinal sensorimotor circuits improves motor control in animal models and humans with spinal cord injury. With common neuromodulation devices, electrical stimulation parameters are tuned manually and remain constant during movement. We de ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2014

Corticospinal neuroprostheses to restore locomotion after spinal cord injury

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Silvestro Micera, Stéphanie Lacour, Grégoire Courtine, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Pavel Musienko, Nikolaus Wenger, Ivan Rusev Minev, Marco Bonizzato, Janine Beauparlant

In this conceptual review, we highlight our strategy for, and progress in the development of corticospinal neuroprostheses for restoring locomotor functions and promoting neural repair after thoracic spinal cord injury in experimental animal models. We spe ...

Elsevier2014