December 13, 2010 source: Xconomy San Francisco (article published at Xconomy)
Can Tibion’s Bionic Leg Rewire Stroke Victims’ Brains?
by Wade RoushThe conventional wisdom about stroke victims is that after about 12 months of rehabilitation aimed at restoring motor control, recovery levels off. Patients never regain more movement, never get beyond whatever plateau they’ve reached by that time.
But there’s a company in Sunnyvale, CA, that may be proving otherwise. Tibion makes a robotic, battery-powered exoskeleton—in effect, a wearable bionic leg—that’s helping stroke victims make significant gains long after other therapies have stopped working.
The conventional wisdom about stroke victims is that after about 12 months of rehabilitation aimed at restoring motor control, recovery levels off. Patients never regain more movement, never get beyond whatever plateau they’ve reached by that time.
But there’s a company in Sunnyvale, CA, that may be proving otherwise. Tibion makes a robotic, battery-powered exoskeleton—in effect, a wearable bionic leg—that’s helping stroke victims make significant gains long after other therapies have stopped working…
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