Search Results for 'columbia university'
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Bracing/Prosthetics | Spine/Neurology
Robotic Neck Brace Dramatically Improves Functions of ALS Patients
Comfortable brace incorporates both sensors and actuators to restore roughly 70 percent of the active range of motion.Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science 08.13.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics
A 21st Century Cane for Walking Stability
Device acts as a cane-like mobile assistant to provide light-touch to help the elderly and others with impaired mobility.Videos Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science 08.07.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics | MIS/Robotics | Spine/Neurology
First Dynamic Spine Brace—Robotic Spine Exoskeleton—Characterizes Spine Deformities
First device to measure 3D stiffness of human torso could lead to new treatments for children with spine deformities.Videos Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science 04.09.18
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When Contact Sports Cause Concussion Injuries, Who Comes Out Ahead?
Study examines sex-specific predictors for concussions.American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 12.13.17
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AdvaMed Names New Head of Orthopedics Sector
Organization recruits U.S. president of DePuy Synthes for the position.Advanced Medical Technology Association 01.24.17
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Biologics
Stem Cells from Jaw Bone Help Repair Damaged Cartilage
The findings could lead to strategies for repairing fibrocartilage in knees and vertebral discs.Columbia University College of Dental Medicine 10.11.16
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MIS/Robotics | Spine/Neurology
$5M Grant to Support Robotics Research for Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Wearable, light-weight cable-driven robot provides motion perturbations to the pelvis and forces to stabilize it.Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science 09.28.16
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Biologics
Bioengineers Grow Living Bone for Facial Reconstruction
Integration of engineered cells with natural bone matrix showed critical advances in a pig model study.National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 08.05.16
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AMTI Announces New CTO
Dr. Mary Beth Schmidt offers a wealth of experience in orthopedics.AMTI 04.15.16
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Large Joint
Grant Could Offer New Tissue Engineering Approach to Rotator Cuff Repair
Biomedical engineering professor has won a three-year, $1.125 million Translational Research Award grant from the DoD.Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science 12.16.15
