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Bionic Tech Returns Motion to Paralyzed

...  Tech Returns Motion to Paralyzed Last year, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago fashioned the leg with a neural interface, enabling motorcycle victim amputee Zac Vawter to set a record by climbing 103 flights of stairs to the top of Chicago's Willis Towers. The device has been … Read more on Fox Business Jeff Bauman visits Concord, meets volunteers who renovated family's home After four months of work by an all-volunteer force of local businesses and residents, the Bauman family celebrated the renovations completed on their Concord home that facilitate Jeff, a double amputee after the Boston Marathon attack, visiting his … Read ...

Working With Below the Knee Amputee Rehabilitation and Exercise Equipment

...  and exercise equipment – http://www.hydraujoint.com is manufacturing amputee rehabilitation and exercise equipment with their Limbar Amputee Exercise Equipment. This video is the dem…   by World Bank Photo Collection Study: thought-controlled bionic limb moves 'seamlessly' The study highlights the work of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago in Illinois, which pioneered the technique known as targeted reinnervation. Initially it was trialled on arm amputees, and Zac Vawter — who lost his leg in 2009 following a … Read more on Wired.co.uk Read ...