--- description: Find out why Onward Medical ARC-EX is one of the best inventions of 2024 title: Onward Medical ARC-EX: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf83377b6cb4b5d47/698a8a11011682596d98adad/ARC-EX-spinal-cord-stimulation-system.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # Therapy for Spinal Cord Injuries by [Jeff Wilser](/author/jeff-wilser/) ## Jeff Wilser Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Over 250,000 people in the U.S. alone live with spinal cord injuries. To help patients regain sensation and strength in their hands and arms, Onward Medical’s ARC-EX therapy uses electrical stimulation—applied externally with electrodes—to effectively boost the brain’s signals. A study in _Nature_ showed that nine out of 10 patients using ARC-EX recovered some strength or functionality; it also found that the treatment can be effective for patients who had injuries _decades_ earlier. “For most people with a spinal cord injury, there’s some \[brain signal\] conduction making it through the block, but not enough for movement,” says Dave Marver, CEO of Onward. “This device serves as an amplifier.” These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094714/onward-medical-arc-ex/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094714/onward-medical-arc-ex/"},"headline":"Onward Medical ARC-EX: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:52:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:29.667Z","description":"Find out why Onward Medical ARC-EX is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094714/onward-medical-arc-ex/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf83377b6cb4b5d47/698a8a11011682596d98adad/ARC-EX-spinal-cord-stimulation-system.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeff Wilser","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jeff-wilser/"}],"creator":"Jeff Wilser","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf83377b6cb4b5d47/698a8a11011682596d98adad/ARC-EX-spinal-cord-stimulation-system.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094714/onward-medical-arc-ex/","name":"Onward Medical ARC-EX: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]}] ```