DARPA Videos Shows Man Controls Prosthetic with Thoughts alone

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http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/132/5/1268.long Restoration of hand function in a rat model of repair of brachial plexus injury Ahmed G. Ibrahim1, Peter A. Kirkwood2, Geoffrey Raisman1 and Ying Li1 + Author Affiliations 1 Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, Spinal Repair Unit, UCL...

Sorry to hear about your husbands accident and injury. The straight and simple: Don't settle for anyone that isn't a BPI specialist (more so a TBP specialist -traumatic brachial plexus injury). Even the top of the top neurosurgeons don't know what to do with this injury. You must go to a top TBPI sp...

http://www.jbppni.com/content/6/1/2 Results and current approach for Brachial Plexus reconstruction Jayme A Bertelli1* and Marcos F Ghizoni2 * Corresponding author: Jayme A Bertelli bertelli@matrix.com.br Author Affiliations 1 Center of Biological and Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Ca...

AWESOME ArmStrong!!! Great to hear that the mountain isn't crushing you, and your climbing it STRONG!!! Right on!!!! "No complaints or moaning"?! wheres the fun in that!? I had become so good at it! :lol: Just wanted to say THANKS to EVERYONE who has ever shared their story and experience ...

ok... may be an off day and I'm tired, but this had me in tears. CBS 60 MINUTES: Breakthrough: Robotic limbs moved by the mind June 2, 2013 4:00 PM Humans can now move robotic limbs using only their thoughts and, in some cases, even get sensory feedback from their robotic hands. Scott Pelley reports...

nicely done Rich, works great!

I've had 1 Gracilis muscle transfer for limited basic elbow flexion with positive results (meaning my hand can reach my chin and nose, but I don't use it at that level much if ever). I've known of patients that have had a double transfer for rudimentary hand flexion successfully. http://www.mayoclin...

You're in good hands at Johns Hopkins.
Best of luck and keep us posted!

Christopher