Tag: Medical Technology

ICORD: A world without barriers – i2eye with Rick Hansen

Rick Hansen talks about cutting-edge spinal cord research being conducted at the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries

Paralysed patients to have chip implanted in their brain that ‘reads’ their thoughts and...

Paralysed patients will one day be able to move their bodies using a robotic device controlled by a chip that has been implanted in...

Former NFL Player Matt Stevens, Who Became Paraplegic, Walks Again in Groundbreaking ReWalk Device

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Matt Stevens, a 36-year-old former professional football player paralyzed from a spinal cord injury, is one of only 12 patients selected to participate...

Bioness on A Current Affairs News

An electrifying breakthrough that brings real hope to people whove suffered catastrophic injury.

How the Finetech Bladder Control System works

The Finetech Medical Bladder Control System. Used by people with complete spinal cord injury to assist with bladder emptying and bowel voiding without the need for catheters.

A Helmet to Prevent Paralysis

Engineers are designing a helmet that could protect the spine from serious injury. Helmets for everything from football and hockey to motorcycle riding are built...

Awakening Paralyzed Limbs

Brain signals can drive arm movement in a monkey with a paralyzed arm. A monkey with a paralyzed arm can still grasp a ball, thanks...

University of Louisville neuroscientists hope to get people walking again

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Neuroscience researchers at the University of Louisville will be the only team collaborating with an international group of scientists who last...

Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

Researchers at UCLA and the University of Zurich have enabled paralyzed lab rats to walk again.

New robotic therapy helping children with cerebral palsy walk

It's a larger than life robot that's working to improve balance and gait and teach children the right way to walk. The legs are...