Month: March 2014

Gil Weinberg, PhD, founding director of the Georgia Institute of Technology Center for Music Technology, has created a robotic drumming prosthesis with motors that powers two drumsticks. The first is controlled physically by the musicians’ arms and electronically using electromyography…

Parker Hannifin Corporation announced in a press release that it has entered into clinical trial agreements with four top-rated U.S. rehabilitation institutions to support the testing and development of the Indego exoskeleton, which is a robotic exoskeleton or powered orthotic…

Hard-to-heal chronic wounds may benefit from the application of an electrical stimulus that promotes the growth of blood vessels and increases blood supply to the wound, according to a report from the University of Cincinnati. Researchers exposed vascular tissue cells…

Hard-to-heal chronic wounds may benefit from the application of an electrical stimulus that promotes the growth of blood vessels and increases blood supply to the wound, according to a report from the University of Cincinnati. Researchers exposed vascular tissue cells…

Elderly individuals who experience chronic muscle pain are at significantly increased risk for heart disease, according to recent study results. Researchers from Teesside University, Middlesbrough, England, Northern Ireland and America sampled more than 5,300 adults aged 45 years and older.…

Elderly individuals who experience chronic muscle pain are at significantly increased risk for heart disease, according to recent study results. Researchers from Teesside University, Middlesbrough, England, Northern Ireland and America sampled more than 5,300 adults aged 45 years and older.…

Parker Hannifin Corp. has entered into clinical trial agreements with four rehabilitation institutions in the United States to support the testing and development of the Indego exoskeleton. Indego is poised to become the first powered exoskeleton or powered orthotic device…

The Prosthetic Outreach Foundation, based in Seattle, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary assisting amputees and orthopedic rehabilitation services in developing countries. The organization also changed its name to Mobility Outreach International. The name change “is appropriate as we expand globally…

Leto Solutions Inc. was recently recognized as one of 10 Rice Alliance Life Science Companies at the Texas Life Science Forum in Houston. The company was recognized for its Aquilonix Prosthesis Cooling System, which was inspired by one of the…

Leto Solutions Inc. was recently recognized as one of 10 Rice Alliance Life Science Companies at the Texas Life Science Forum in Houston. The company was recognized for its Aquilonix Prosthesis Cooling System, which was inspired by one of the…