spinal injury News
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Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Awareness Month
September is National Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Awareness Month. With over 17,000 new spinal cord injuries taking place every year in the U.S., there is a significant need to call attention to the severity of spinal cord injuries and for continued research to aid in finding a cure. To sustain an SCI is extremely traumatic for the individual, and it also takes a toll on their family, friends, ...
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What do clinical experts say about the ABLE Exoskeleton?
We interviewed Prof. Dr. Ing. Rüdiger Rupp, a key opinion leader in the field of rehabilitation technology with more than 25 years of clinical experience, to talk about rehabilitation, exoskeleton technology, clinical trials and many more. Prof. Dr. Ing. Rüdiger Rupp is the Head of Experimental Neurorehabilitation at the Heidelberg University Hospital in Germany. Throughout his ...
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Design freeze of ABLE Exoskeleton
After creating 7 iterative versions of the exoskeleton prototype that have been tested in individuals with spinal cord injury to validate product-market fit and receive early feedback in order to adapt, change and redesign the device, we have frozen the design of the ABLE Exoskeleton. The final design will be revealed at RehabWeek, the leading conference in rehabilitation technology, in Rotterdam ...
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FARCO-PHARMA supports “Protect the vulnerable“
Europe-wide aid project for the protection of people with paraplegia Cologne, 28/05/2020 – COVID-19 can be particularly dangerous for people with severe spinal cord injuries. That is why FARCO-PHARMA supports the European Spinal Cord Injury Federation (ESCIF) and the Association of Paraplegics in Germany e.V. (FGQ) with the supply of free protective masks for the caregivers of this ...
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New Clinic in Turkey with Exoskeleton
There is an opportunity to undergo rehabilitation course with ExoAtlet for all patients who require rehabilitation from the effects of stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy in Turkey. We have partnered with Romatem – the first and only medical center in Turkey specializing in the field of physiotherapy and rehabilitation. For more than 12 years the center have been ...
By ExoAtlet
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The future of rehabilitation
Congratulations to the ONWARD team for the incredible progress they are making in the field of neuroengineering! In recent days, numerous media have reported the news of a great advance for science, and especially for all those people with spinal cord injury and their medical and caregiver teams. The ONWARD team has developed an epidural electrical stimulation system using electrodes placed ...
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Unique mentoring project assists job seekers with disabilities
Diane Forsberg, sales and marketing manager at The Capital Grille in downtown Minneapolis, had an idea. She learned about a mentorship program offered by Darden Restaurants, parent company of The Capital Grille which gives people with disabilities valuable work skills. So, Forsberg contacted Courage Center to see if their clients would be interested in participating in a Disability Mentoring Day ...
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Minneapolis Barber Lynn Lehman to receive Judd Jacobson memorial award
Disability can happen to any one, at any time. Lynn Lehman of Minneapolis knows this from personal experience. In April 1995, Lehman, was a busy single mom, and a barber/owner of Clipper Cuts on West Broadway in North Minneapolis. While driving to her mother's house to pick up her kids, a van in front of Lehman swerved to avoid a car driving the wrong way on 35W. Lehman's car was hit head-on by ...
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ABLE organises Focus Groups
In November 2021, ABLE hosted two focus groups with members of our SCI community. The topic was the exoskeleton use at home. The groups were made up of 11 participants from the ABLE network who have a spinal cord injury and who had experience using exoskeletons for rehabilitation. The purpose of the focus groups was to gather experiences, insights, and suggestions from members of the ABLE ...
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ReWalk Robotics Announces Closing of $32.5 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At Premium to Market
ReWalk Robotics Ltd. (Nasdaq: RWLK) (“ReWalk” or the “Company”) today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering, priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules, for the sale of 16,013,518 of the Company’s ordinary shares (or pre-funded warrants to purchase ordinary shares in lieu of ordinary shares), at an effective purchase price of ...
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ReWalk Robotics Announces $32.5 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At Premium to Market
ReWalk Robotics Ltd. (Nasdaq: RWLK) (“ReWalk” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with several institutional investors providing for the issuance of 16,013,518 of the Company’s ordinary shares (or ordinary share equivalents in lieu thereof), at an effective purchase price of $2.035, in a registered direct offering priced ...
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ReWalk Robotics Appoints Senior Biotech Executive, Jeannine Lynch, as Vice President of Strategy and Market Access
ReWalk Robotics Ltd. (Nasdaq: RWLK) (“ReWalk” or the “Company”), a manufacturer of robotic medical devices for individuals with lower limb disabilities, today announced Jeannine Lynch will join the Company on August 31, 2021, as Vice President of Strategy and Market Access. Ms. Lynch will focus on completing the building and implementation of ReWalk’s market access ...
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Coloplast and the World Diabetes Foundation prevent amputations in India
Coloplast"s donation programme Access to Healthcare just signed a contract with the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) about a new healthcare project in India. The project aims to improve the treatment of diabetic wounds. "Every single day, 110 Indians have a foot or part of their leg amputated due to diabetic foot ulcers, and an unknown number die before they are even diagnosed," says Per Ole ...
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The Lancet: Nerve transfer surgery restores hand function and elbow extension in 13 young adults with complete paralysis
Nerve transfer surgery has enabled 13 young adults with complete paralysis to regain movement and function in their elbows and hands, according to the largest case series of this technique in people with tetraplegia (paralysis of both the upper and lower limbs), published in The Lancet. During the surgery, Australian surgeons attached functioning nerves above the spinal injury to paralysed ...
By Siemens AG
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DIH-HERO project “EngageABLE”
We are pleased to announce that “EngageABLE”, a project of ABLE Human Motion in collaboration with the dutch hospital Sint Maartenskliniek, has been awarded for funding by DIH-HERO. The goal of this project is to enhance the capabilities of the ABLE Exoskeleton to promote users’ motivation and faster learning. DIH-HERO is an independent platform that connects Digital Innovation ...
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Pearson awards international youth fellowships for social innovation
The Pearson Foundation today announced the first winners of the Pearson Fellowship for Social Innovation, awarded to the most outstanding social entrepreneurship projects developed by graduates of TakingITGlobal's Sprout e-course. The announcement was made at the 2010 World Innovation Summit for Education held in Doha, Qatar. TakingItGlobal is an online community where students and teachers can ...
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ClearPoint Neuro Congratulates Blackrock Neurotech on Receiving Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA for the MoveAgain Brain-Computer Interface System
ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLPT) (the “Company”), a global therapy-enabling platform company providing navigation and delivery to the brain, today congratulates partner Blackrock Neurotech for receiving Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its groundbreaking MoveAgain Brain Computer Interface (BCI) system. There are an estimated ...
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World Humanitarian Day, 19th August 2015
World Humanitarian Day, 19th August 2015 19th August marks World Humanitarian Day. This year people are donating their social media newsfeeds to give a voice to the voiceless. Read and share these 6 compelling stories of incredible resilience, courage and survival. Baby in the Rubble: Syria’s White Helmets Khaled Farah is a first responder for the White Helmets in Syria’s ...
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MS Clinical Trial starting at East Kent
Rex Bionics is the pioneer of the REX® robotic rehabilitation device that provides standing, walking and exercise support for people with lower limb weakness or paralysis; and is used by people who have suffered a spinal cord injury, stroke, traumatic brain injury or other neurological condition such as multiple sclerosis. Rex Bionics has worked with physiotherapists to develop the ...
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USRM Posts Increase in Revenue and Profit Margin for 2018
U.S. Stem Cell, Inc. (OTC: USRM), a leader in the development of proprietary, physician-based stem cell therapies and novel regenerative medicine solutions, today announced positive financial results for the year ended December 31, 2018. Consistent with performance for the past two years, revenue continues to increase, up 21% or $1.2m for year-end, 2018 compared to 2017, from $5.5m to $6.7m. ...
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