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Our Vision

People with spinal cord injury will enjoy life in the ways that matter to them

Introducing ARCEX

The first system approved for non-invasive spinal cord stimulation for people with spinal cord injury (SCI).

The ARCEX System is indicated to improve hand sensation and strength for people with a chronic cervical spinal cord injury.*

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Discover our Therapy

The ARCEX System is comprised of a Stimulator that delivers electrical pulses to the cervical spinal cord via Electrodes placed on the skin at the back of the neck.

ARCEX can be used in the clinic to enable personalized functional rehabilitation.

Meet our Team

We are a team of scientists, engineers, and physicians, collectively driven to create therapies that change lives.

We are driven to innovate, with 10 FDA Breakthrough Device Designation awards and nearly 400 issued or pending patents.

Up-LIFT pivotal trial results published in Nature Medicine

The Up-LIFT study was designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of our ARCEX Therapy to improve hand sensation and strength in people with chronic incomplete tetraplegia. The global study was conducted with 65 participants at 14 leading SCI centers in the US, Europe, and Canada.

Highlights** include:
-Primary safety and effectiveness endpoints met.
-90% of participants improved strength or function of their upper limbs.
-Upper extremity sensory scores improved significantly with device use.
-87% of participants reported improvement in quality of life.
-Improvement was demonstrated in participants up to 34 years post-injury.

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The ONWARD® Medical ARCEX® System is cleared for use only in the United States. ONWARD ARCIM® and ARCBCI™, alone or in combination with a brain-computer interface (BCI), are investigational and not available for commercial use.

*The ARCEX System is intended to deliver programmed, transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation in conjunction with functional task practice in the clinic to improve hand sensation and strength in individuals between 18 and 75 years old that present with a chronic, non-progressive neurological deficit resulting from an incomplete spinal cord injury (C2-C8 inclusive).

**Moritz, Chet, et al. “Non-invasive spinal cord stimulation for arm and hand function in chronic tetraplegia: a safety and efficacy trial.” Nature Medicine. 2024.