Sentences with phrase «many quadriplegics»

Roberts, a research scientist at New England Biolabs, has a personal reason for wanting InVivo to succeed: His oldest son has been quadriplegic since being injured in a car accident.

A brain computer interface could dramatically change the lives of quadriplegics and paraplegics, for example.

In the second, he was a 21 - year - old quadriplegic coping with the realization that he might never walk again.

It took an estimated 20 minutes to complete, but for Shin, a graduate student at Yonsei University who has been quadriplegic since birth, it was a step toward greater independence.

Nine years ago, I fell off a ladder and in a crushing instant, went from being able - bodied to living as a quadriplegic.

my wife is a care - giver for an 85 year old woman that's had a series of strokes and a quadriplegic 28 year old man.

Doctors first thought she would be a quadriplegic.

she could also be quadriplegic.

It's interesting when God «answers» prayers, it's ALWAYS for Cancer and stuff like that, he NEVER heals Amputees and Quadriplegics, they must not be worthy?

Before you say that is inappropriate humor... consider Humor is an important part of healing... even for quadriplegics...

Her backstory was famous by the time I heard her speak at a Jesus festival: the diving accident that left her quadriplegic, the paintings she created with a brush between her teeth.

Not all quadriplegics are paralyzed the same way.

Amanda is quadriplegic.

I'm a quadriplegic and I need daily assistance with dressing / undressing and bathing.

The broken neck left Boll a quadriplegic.

AMANDA DICKEY: Yes, it was something that I wasn't ever sure, there's really just not a lot of medical knowledge, especially about quadriplegics or even anyone with a spinal cord injury, which would include paraplegics, but there's just not a lot of knowledge out there, especially accessible knowledge like on the internet.

Amanda is also quadriplegic.

How did you become quadriplegic?

AMANDA DICKEY: Well I became quadriplegic in a car accident when I was 16.

To take an extreme example, a person might be avoidably quadriplegic.

The institute offers competitive team sports, including wheelchair basketball, wheelchair softball and quadriplegic rugby; and recreational sports such as rock climbing, sailing, scuba diving, snow and water skiing, and golf.

As a patrolman assigned to Central Park McDonald was shot and grievously wounded in 1986, surviving but rendered quadriplegic.

Top brass in the NYPD stood in line at Saint Agnes Parish Center for a viewing along with others who loved and admired Det. Steven McDonald of Malverne, a veteran officer left a quadriplegic after a line - of - duty shooting in Central Park three decades ago.

Body of NYPD cop from LI transported before final arrangements Det. Steven McDonald, the NYPD officer who forgave the teenager who shot him, leaving him a quadriplegic, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset after suffering a heart attack.

Det. Steven McDonald, an NYPD officer who inspired others by forgiving the teenager whose bullet left him a quadriplegic and overcoming his disabilities to remain an active cop, died Tuesday at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, officials said.

An armed robber whose shooting victim was left a quadriplegic has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday.

Using the technology, quadriplegics need only to summon their thoughts to type an electronic note, surf the internet or drink a coffee, activities previously unfeasible without assistance.

A team led by Brown University neuroscientist John Donoghue has implanted sensors in the brains of four quadriplegic patients that connect signals from the motor cortex to output devices, thereby enabling paralyzed patients to move computer cursors, control robotic limbs, and operate wheelchairs.

Miguel Nicolelis says his quadriplegic subjects will walk again — not in 10 or 20 years, but in just a few.

Wheeler is now developing a wrist - activated controller for a system that enables quadriplegics to use a hand to accomplish everyday tasks.

Together they are aiming to do what sounds miraculous: help paralyzed quadriplegics walk again, not by fixing their lesions or broken spines but by creating wearable robotic exoskeletons controlled by neural signals.

It is now being used by hundreds of quadriplegics.

The system is controlled by a joystick - like device taped to the user's shoulder, where many quadriplegics retain some movement; the device is activated by moving the shoulder.

By using eight implanted electrodes that snake through the patient's arm, stimulating muscles in the hand, the Freehand allows quadriplegics to groom and feed themselves and in some cases even to operate a computer.

Ian Burkhart was 19 when he broke his neck, leaving him a quadriplegic, paralyzed and unable to move his upper body from the elbows down.

«He's using the part of his brain that's been disconnected from the real world,» says Donoghue, who foresees a day when «you'll shake hands with a person and he'll say, «By the way, I'm a quadriplegic.

Birch, a quadriplegic as a result of a car accident when he was 17, is an adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC.

In a pilot study, two quadriplegic patients underwent a 3 - hour surgery.

ReWalk was created by Argo's founder, Amit Goffer, himself quadriplegic as the result of a 1997 ATV accident.

Approximately 52 % of spinal cord injured individuals are considered as paraplegic, and 47 % patients are quadriplegic.

Earlier this year, another team reported using a brain machine interface to allow a quadriplegic to move his finger and arms, but that system directly activated arm muscles with brain signals detected by implanted electrodes, bypassing the damaged spinal cord.

Using an array of hair - thin electrodes implanted in his brain, a 25 - year - old quadriplegic man was able to operate a computer, open and close a prosthetic hand, and manipulate a robotic arm just by thinking about it, according to a new study.

John Donoghue In 2005, with the help of a Donoghue - devised brain chip, a quadriplegic man used a robotic arm to pick up a piece of candy.

Ian Burkhart, a 23 - year - old quadriplegic from Dublin, Ohio, is the first patient to use Neurobridge, an electronic neural bypass for spinal cord injuries that reconnects the brain directly to muscles, allowing voluntary and functional control of a paralyzed limb.

The team demonstrated the arm's usefulness in a test in which a quadriplegic man manipulated it using head motions.

Both patients and physicians consistently report that improvements in upper extremity motor function are the most desirable functional improvement target in the quadriplegic population, since even relatively modest changes can potentially have a significant impact on functional independence, quality of life and cost of care.

A 24 - year - old quadriplegic from Ohio has regained functional control over his right hand, thanks to a breakthrough brain implant.

Trek reported three accidents that resulted in injuries, including a fractured wrist, facial injuries, and one that resulted in the rider becoming quadriplegic.

Explaining the experience to someone who has never had a weight problem is like trying to explain to a swimmer what it feels like to be quadriplegic.

According to Mashable, Hudson is a quadriplegic who has lost functionality in some of his limbs due to a motorcycle accident.