Prosthetic hands get smart — and a sense of touch
Prostheses are morphing into mind-controlled extensions of the human body that let their wearers feel what they’re touching.
DetailsProstheses are morphing into mind-controlled extensions of the human body that let their wearers feel what they’re touching.
DetailsThe 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.
DetailsScientists think they’ve identified a previously unknown form of neural communication that self-propagates across brain tissue, and can leap wirelessly from neurons in one section of brain tissue to another – even if they’ve been surgically severed.
DetailsCleveland 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.
Details[From left: Anthony DiMarco, MD and Krzysztof Kowalski, PhD] The cover of the January 2019 issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation features an article entitled “Complete restoration of respiratory muscle function in three subjects with spinal cord injury.” The respiratory neuroprosthesis, developed by MetroHealth scientists Anthony DiMarco, MD and Krzysztof Kowalski,…
DetailsThe implant was designed to detect signals associated with intended movements and then transmit these signals to a Bluetooth interface.
DetailsA. Bolu Ajiboye and Robert F. Kirsch of Case Western Reserve University, USA, in collaboration with Leigh R. Hochberg of Harvard Medical School and Brown University, USA, won 1st place at the BCI Award 2018 with their work “Restoring Functional Reach-to-Grasp in a Person with Chronic Tetraplegia using Implanted Functional Electrical Stimulation and Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces“.…
DetailsThe poster was selected to receive a Travel Grant Award from theSociety and chosen for a Guided Poster Tour.
DetailsThe journal topic includes several articles written by Dr. Shaikh and FES Center Investigator, Fatema Ghasia, MD.
DetailsWith 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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