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Balance Disorder Expert Works to Fill Growing Medical Need for Veterans

Research, TechnologyFebruary 11, 2020Leave a comment

CLEVELAND — Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD, grew up in India as the son of two ENT surgeons, which he credits for his early interest in understanding the system that helps humans keep their balance. After finishing medical school, he immigrated to the United States to pursue a PhD in neuroscience, where his fascination with human balance only grew.

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The real-life bionic people: Cleveland FES Center uses technology to help people with paralysis

FES, Research, TechnologyJanuary 30, 2020Leave a comment

In 2002, Maria Sutter was living in New York City, working for a SoHo architecture firm, and starting to bicycle around the city as part of her active lifestyle. “It was pretty commonplace for me to bike from April to October,” she says. “I’d bike between 40 and 80 miles.”

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New technology helps man find freedom despite paralysis

FES, Research, TechnologyJanuary 29, 2020Leave a comment

The Cleveland VA, Case Western Reserve and University Hospitals collaborated for a documentary that showcases the journey of brain interface technology

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Cleveland’s Morning News with Wills and Snyder

Cleveland FES Center, EventsJanuary 29, 2020Leave a comment

“I Am Human” Interview

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I Am Human Documentary Features FES Center, CWRU

Cleveland FES Center, EventsJanuary 27, 2020Leave a comment

The documentary premieres in Cleveland Thursday, followed by a panel with the filmmakers and featured scientists.

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Seeking human connections across time and space

Research, TechnologyJanuary 24, 2020Leave a comment

Case Western Reserve research team from new Human Fusions institute aims for $10 million Avatar XPrize competition; winner will best ‘transport a human’s sense, actions and presence’ to another place

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Clinical trial starting in Cleveland to help patients with paralysis regain movement

FES, Research, TechnologyJanuary 20, 2020Leave a comment

CLEVELAND — A groundbreaking clinical trial is starting in Cleveland soon, and researchers are currently looking for participants. The program is called ReHAB — which stands for “Reconnecting the Hand and Arm to the Brain.”

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How a Small Hospital on a Hill Helped Launch a Quest for Neuroprosthetics

FES, Research, TechnologyJanuary 7, 2020Leave a comment

For more than 40 years, Hunter Peckham has been working to help patients with spinal cord injuries live more independent, functional lives.

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New Research Seeks to Restore Functional Control of Arm and Hand for Those With Quadriplegia

Cleveland FES Center, FES, People, Research, TechnologyDecember 10, 2019Leave a comment

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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‘Somebody Has to Do the Research’

Cleveland FES Center, FES, Neural Interface, People, Prosthetics, Research, TechnologyDecember 2, 2019Leave a comment

Bill Kochevar’s lasting legacy will be his selfless commitment to helping others with quadriplegia regain control over their limbs.

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$3 million grant supports creation of system to let thoughts move immobile arm in severely paralyzed patients

Cleveland FES Center, FES, Neural Interface, Prosthetics, Research, TechnologyNovember 12, 2019Leave a comment

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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Injectable, flexible electrode could replace rigid nerve-stimulating implants

Research, TechnologyNovember 8, 2019Leave a comment

By electrically stimulating nerves, neuromodulation therapies can reduce epileptic seizures, soothe chronic pain, and treat depression and a host of other health conditions without the use of conventional drugs like opioids.

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Building the first holographic brain ‘atlas’

Research, TechnologyNovember 7, 2019Leave a comment

Researchers used Microsoft HoloLens to visualize, access pathways in human brain; project by Case Western Reserve’s Interactive Commons, School of Medicine, others

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VA News for Monday, November 4th, 2019

Cleveland FES Center, FES, ResearchNovember 4, 2019Leave a comment

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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Why It’s Time to Take Electrified Medicine Seriously

Cleveland FES Center, FES, Research, TechnologyOctober 24, 2019Leave a comment

“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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This Treadmill May Help Unlock Secrets to Parkinson’s Disease

Cleveland FES Center, FES, Research, TechnologyOctober 22, 2019Leave a comment

Researchers are investigating what causes patients to freeze while walking and how it can be avoided.

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Cleveland researchers develop technology to give spinal cord injury patients use of hands back

Neural Interface, Research, TechnologyOctober 4, 2019Leave a comment

CLEVELAND — Ground-breaking, life-changing research is happening at MetroHealth Medical Center when it comes to spinal cord injuries and giving people function back.

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Gaining insight into Parkinson’s

Cleveland FES Center, FES, Neural Interface, Research, TechnologyAugust 28, 2019Leave a comment

Cleveland FES Center using deep brain stimulation to study gait, balance impairment

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Best Doctors: 15 Brain Conditions Explained

People, ResearchJuly 29, 2019Leave a comment

The brain’s enigmas often extend to the diseases that attack it. Doctors explain what symptoms to watch for and more. Contributions from Dr. Riechers as he explains Traumatic Brain Injury and Migraines.

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Advancing epilepsy treatment

People, ResearchJuly 7, 2019Leave a comment

Researchers at Case Western Reserve prevent seizures in 90% of non-human subjects with low-frequency stimulation of axons in brain

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Shining a light on the nervous system to thwart disease

Research, TechnologyMay 30, 2019Leave a comment

Researchers receive $9M NIH grant to develop infrared technology for understanding, managing the peripheral nervous system’s role in many illnesses

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Neurotechnology today: What’s real, what’s coming

Neural Interface, ResearchApril 22, 2019Leave a comment

A balanced discussion of the realities, the mythologies, and the concerns surrounding cutting-edge brain research. A new film, I AM HUMAN, takes a comprehensive look at the realities of neurotechnology today. The film follows three patients for whom experimental treatment may be the best option. Experts weigh in on the difficulties and the promise of neurotech.

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Prosthetic hands get smart — and a sense of touch

Neural Interface, Prosthetics, Research, TechnologyApril 3, 2019Leave a comment

Prostheses are morphing into mind-controlled extensions of the human body that let their wearers feel what they’re touching.

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Notable Women in STEM

Awards, Cleveland FES Center, PeopleMarch 18, 2019Leave a comment

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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