--- description: Find out why Cionic Neural Sleeve is one of the best inventions of 2023 title: Cionic Neural Sleeve: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26f9112dcf015a17/698a4174e6e84af5e42b09c1/best-inventions-2023-Cionic-Neural-Sleeve-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 24, 2023 # Walking With Ease Cionic Neural Sleeve by [Jeremy Gantz](/author/jeremy-gantz/) ## Jeremy Gantz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Frustrated by the mobility-­support options offered to his daughter Sofia, who has cerebral palsy, Jeremiah Robison, founder and CEO of Cionic, set out to make a garment to power “a more normative gait.” Cionic’s Neural Sleeve, which began shipping in January following FDA approval last year, analyzes real-time data from sensors in the fabric, then sends electrical signals to elicit targeted muscle contractions in the legs. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6323019/cionic-neural-sleeve/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6323019/cionic-neural-sleeve/"},"headline":"Walking With Ease","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:21:40.819Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6323019/cionic-neural-sleeve/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26f9112dcf015a17/698a4174e6e84af5e42b09c1/best-inventions-2023-Cionic-Neural-Sleeve-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeremy Gantz","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jeremy-gantz/"}],"creator":"Jeremy Gantz","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26f9112dcf015a17/698a4174e6e84af5e42b09c1/best-inventions-2023-Cionic-Neural-Sleeve-1.jpg?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":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6323019/cionic-neural-sleeve/","name":"Walking With Ease"}}]}] ```