CAUTION -
Investigational Device, Limited by Federal Law to Investigational Use.
In many cases, damage to the central nervous system caused by a stroke leads to paralysis of the muscles responsible for dorsiflexion of the foot. For patients with weakness of dorsiflexion of the foot for whom conventional therapy is not effective: The ActiGait®.
The movement impulse is transmitted by a small electronic chip that can be implanted through a small incision in the skin of the thigh. A cable leads to the nervus peronaeus communis above the hollow of the knee and connects to it using a specially developed cuff electrode. After this contact point, the natural signal transmission path is used. The muscle receives the impulse telling it to contract, and raises the foot. The implanted chip is supplied with energy by an external control unit worn on the belt. A pressure sensor worn under the foot supplies the control unit with information regarding the gait phase. The data is evaluated by the control unit and muscle stimulation is matched to the gait pattern.
Scientific studies have been conducted in Europe, the results of which are publicly available.*
