Cleveland – The MetroHealth System will invest $9 million in its Old Brooklyn Campus, expanding a research program that draws patients from around the world who have suffered spinal injuries and strokes, while strengthening and improving a nationally recognized rehabilitation program.
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Dr. Robert Kirsch Discusses FES Center Brain Interfaces
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The documentary premieres in Cleveland Thursday, followed by a panel with the filmmakers and featured scientists.
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Grant for $3 million from the U.S. Department of Defense supports the work being done at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland FES Center.
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Bill Kochevar’s lasting legacy will be his selfless commitment to helping others with quadriplegia regain control over their limbs.
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A $3 million grant from the United States Department of Defense is supporting a group of biomedical researchers as they look to advance a platform to allow unprecedented reanimation of paralyzed limbs under direct control of the brain.
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VA doctors are among a team of researchers at the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center restoring respiratory function in Veterans with spinal cord injury
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“The nervous system really uses electricity as its language,” says Robert Kirsch, chair of biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University and executive director of the Cleveland FES Center.
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Researchers are investigating what causes patients to freeze while walking and how it can be avoided.
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Cleveland FES Center using deep brain stimulation to study gait, balance impairment
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The exceptional women featured in these profiles bring a broad range of skills, talent and innovations to bear on the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Thanks to their leadership, mentoring and example, young women throughout Northeast Ohio and beyond can envision and secure a future for themselves in STEM.
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Cleveland FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation) Center: Military veteran David Powers, an FES Center patient, will help demonstrate how FES technology has restored respiratory muscle function. The technology helps those with spinal-cord injuries.
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The implant was designed to detect signals associated with intended movements and then transmit these signals to a Bluetooth interface.
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The poster was selected to receive a Travel Grant Award from theSociety and chosen for a Guided Poster Tour.
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The journal topic includes several articles written by Dr. Shaikh and FES Center Investigator, Fatema Ghasia, MD.
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With someone diagnosed with PD every nine minutes, this research is critical as we push for better treatments and ultimately, a cure.
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First-of-its-kind clinical trial exploring the use of DBS to restore motor function in patients who have suffered a stroke.
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Amputees use new, naturalistic sensory device at home for daily tasks, gain greater sense of personal well-being and connection to loved ones
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Acute and chronic pain affect at least 100 million U.S. adults and cost the nation up to $630 billion in medical treatment and lost productivity annually.
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The Cleveland FES Center congratulates Bolu Ajiboye, PhD and Robert Kirsch, PhD on receiving first place for the 2018 International Annual Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Research Award, for their project entitled “Restoring Functional Reach-to-Grasp in a Person with Chronic Tetraplegia using Implanted Functional Electrical Stimulation and Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces.” The Brain Computer Interface Award is…
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Technologies that restore movement and the sense of touch are helping people to overcome the physical effects of stroke and spinal-cord injury.
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Christopher Wynn broke his neck diving into the ocean. Now, he runs an activity-based recovery program for other injured people. Wynn has benefited from functional electrical stimulation, which provides him with the ability to grasp objects. Read full story…
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The sensors in the prosthetic hand feed information from the world into the wires in Spetic’s arm. Since, from the brain’s point of view, his hand is still there, it needs only to be recalled to life. Read full story…
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