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A pioneering trial in the UK is empowering a stroke survivor to walk unaided using AI-powered trousers.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Julie Lloyd, 65, is trialing “NeuroSkin” trousers, which utilize AI-controlled electrodes to activate her partially paralyzed leg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Lloyd is among the first people to try NeuroSkin outside of France, where they\u2019re developed.\u00a0<\/span>As Lloyd describes, “My leg is almost feeling as if it’s being guided.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After initially sensing an unusual “tingling feeling,” Ms. Lloyd soon found herself walking without assistance for the first time in half a year. She stated, “[My leg] was suddenly propelled up from the floor and made me feel safe walking, and that’s the part that I’ve honestly not felt at all with all the physio I’ve had.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Lloyd suffered a minor stroke in January, leading to partial paralysis in her left arm and leg. A former marathon runner, Lloyd persevered until she could walk 3,000 steps a day with a cane. She was then offered a trial of NeuroSkin in collaboration with a local clinic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rudi Gombauld, the CEO of <\/span>Kurage<\/span><\/a>, the Lyon-based company behind NeuroSkin, elaborated on the technology, “The smart garment is like a second skin which means that you have sensors that can feel how the brain works and have all the sensory information to send to an artificial intelligence system.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The AI processes the data from these sensors and is housed within a wearable vest. As the patient takes steps, the AI captures the brain’s signals to the unaffected leg and mirrors those impulses to the paralyzed one, restoring a more natural gait.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Julie Lloyd’s AI-integrated trousers. Source: BBC<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NeuroSkin is not necessarily designed for daily use \u2013 its primary aim is aiding patients in rehabilitating by re-forging the repetitive movements required to walk. The technology is currently leased for around \u00a35,000 per month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflecting on the potential of NeuroSkin, Ms. Lloyd expressed, “I really feel this is the breakthrough for stroke victims that has been much and long awaited for.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How it works<\/span><\/h2>\n

So how does NeuroSkin work, and how does AI enable it? As per Kurage\u2019s website:<\/span><\/p>\n