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09-04-2015, 01:40 AM
Paralyzed Man Walks Thanks to Exoskeleton Combined with Spinal Cord Stimulation (VIDEO)
http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/EKSO-spinal-stimulation.jpgResearchers at UCLA are reporting on an amazing achievement of having a completely paralyzed man voluntarily walk using an exoskeleton coupled with a **n-invasive spinal cord stimulator. We reported on the same research team earlier this year when it an**unced that its tech**logy allowed five paralyzed men to move their legs. Though they were **t walking, and could only move their legs when laying on a bed, the team decided to see whether combining this tech**logy with an exoskeleton could produce real ambulatory motion.
The team employed*an exoskeleton from EKSO*Bionics that’s been used for a few years to rehab people with partial spinal cord injuries. The device can provide any amount of walking assistance necessary from step to step while monitoring how much effort the user is putting in. The **n-invasive spinal cord stimulator was provided by NeuroRecovery Tech**logies, a firm founded by V. Reggie Edgerton, senior author of the study and UCLA professor of integrative biology and physiology, neurobiology and neurosurgery.
Watch a few snippets of the first person outfitted with the new tech**logy as he walks using the exoskeleton and moves his legs following a few therapy sessions:
Paper: Iron ‘ElectriRx’ Man: Overground Stepping in an Exoskeleton Combined with **ninvasive Spinal Cord Stimulation after Paralysis… (http://emb.citengine.com/event/embc-2015/paper-details?pdID=4403)
Via:*UCLA… (http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/completely-paralyzed-man-voluntarily-moves-his-legs-ucla-scientists-report)
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http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/EKSO-spinal-stimulation.jpgResearchers at UCLA are reporting on an amazing achievement of having a completely paralyzed man voluntarily walk using an exoskeleton coupled with a **n-invasive spinal cord stimulator. We reported on the same research team earlier this year when it an**unced that its tech**logy allowed five paralyzed men to move their legs. Though they were **t walking, and could only move their legs when laying on a bed, the team decided to see whether combining this tech**logy with an exoskeleton could produce real ambulatory motion.
The team employed*an exoskeleton from EKSO*Bionics that’s been used for a few years to rehab people with partial spinal cord injuries. The device can provide any amount of walking assistance necessary from step to step while monitoring how much effort the user is putting in. The **n-invasive spinal cord stimulator was provided by NeuroRecovery Tech**logies, a firm founded by V. Reggie Edgerton, senior author of the study and UCLA professor of integrative biology and physiology, neurobiology and neurosurgery.
Watch a few snippets of the first person outfitted with the new tech**logy as he walks using the exoskeleton and moves his legs following a few therapy sessions:
Paper: Iron ‘ElectriRx’ Man: Overground Stepping in an Exoskeleton Combined with **ninvasive Spinal Cord Stimulation after Paralysis… (http://emb.citengine.com/event/embc-2015/paper-details?pdID=4403)
Via:*UCLA… (http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/completely-paralyzed-man-voluntarily-moves-his-legs-ucla-scientists-report)
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