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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

In this episode meet a woman pulled into an online cult from the safety of her bedroom; a former pilot who suffers from Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and can only find relief in the absence of electricity and wifi; plus, a quadriplegic who uses cutting - edge adaptive robotics and virtual reality to transcend his body's limitations.

John Callahan was a quadriplegic, and the movie looks like it deals mostly with his recovery from alcoholism and subsequent discovery of his ability to draw cartoons by grasping a pen in both hands.

Lane was a bull riding specialist until a fall from one left him a quadriplegic, with severe speech impediments.

Based on a true story, the film follows quadriplegic Brooke Ellison as she overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to graduate from Harvard University summa cum laude.

Quadriplegic evangelical Christian author Joni Eareckson Tada sings the Oscar - nominated title song from the faith - based immigrant saga, Alone Yet Not Alone.

Sherie White, a 40 - year - old quadriplegic woman from Corning, has been the plaintiff in 60 suits since 2003; Gypsie Jones, a 34 - year - old Anderson woman who broke her back in a car accident 17 years ago, is named in 162.

Scott N. Johnson, a 44 - year - old quadriplegic attorney from Carmichael, and Lynn Hubbard III, a 66 - year - old attorney based in Chico, filed 277 lawsuits between them in 2005 -LSB-...]

Plaintiff parents sued social hosts and social companions for negligence, alleging they were responsible for injuries sustained by plaintiffs» son Robert when, after drinking at defendant's home, he jumped from a fence and was rendered a quadriplegic.

An Illinois appellate court in 2013 said that a waiver releasing a gym from all liability for any loss or damage was valid and that the trial court was right to dismiss a member's lawsuit over an injury that left him quadriplegic, Hussein v. L.A. Fitness, 2013 IL App (1st)(2013).

Daniel suffers from quadriplegic cerebral palsy.

Quadriplegia can also result from medical malpractice through any number of ways, thus the manner in which a person becomes a quadriplegic varies significantly.

From the same profession that brought you the «fertile octogenarian» rule centuries ago comes a new one: the «dangerous quadriplegic» doctrine.

Anita Jewitt Qualified: 2008 Made partner: 2015 Key cases: Recovered # 8.5 m for a child with quadriplegic cerebral palsy following the hospital's delay in expediting his delivery; recovered # 7.4 m for a child who sustained bilateral upper and lower limb amputations as a result of the delayed diagnosis of meningococcal septicaemia; recovered # 6m for a child who suffered from cerebral palsy as a result of the hospital's failure to carry out an earlier caesarean section.

He survived for 18 months as a ventilator dependent quadriplegic in a Boston area spinal cord hospital before his death from complications related to repeated aspiration pneumonia.

In either case, there is often nerve damage around the injury, and many quadriplegics suffer from «phantom limb syndrome.»

The first matter involved the wife essentially wanting confirmation that she was not prevented from bringing dependant's claim (under the Family Law Act) in connection with a motor vehicle accident involving the husband which rendered him a quadriplegic.

Like disability insurance, many of the listed injury classes are so physically disabling that you may out of commission for a long period of time — covered injuries include everything from dislocating your wrist to becoming quadriplegic.

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