We are again featured in the latest edition of Open Access Government – more specifically our Brain Interchange System and our way to Stroke Rehabilitation. Our Goal: enhancing the plasticity and enabling the patient to recover after a stroke. One method to achieve the enhancement of plasticity is electrical stimulation of the brain. Fundamental studies …
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A group of authors from the University of Bordeaux has assessed the state of the art in neuroprosthetics in a whole range of applications – from sensorimotor to cognitive functions. The results of their analysis are now available in a comprehensive review in Communications Biology. As the authors describe, the first attempts for neuroprosteses were …
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The vagus nerve is one of the biggest cranial nerves. It interconnects the brain with almost all internal organs, including the heart, the respiratory tract, the kidney, and the digestive tract. It mediates important reflexes for autonomic functions and modulates a wide range of body functions, making it an attractive target for bioelectronic interventions. On …
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About half of the patients afflicted by a stroke permanently suffer from chronic deficits in arm and hand movements. These deficits are not ameliorated by classical physiotherapy and severely affect quality of life. New therapies are urgently needed. We recently reported on an NIH project with Professor Ojemann from the University of Washington at Seattle, …
CorTec is part of an international clinical study that will enable severely paralyzed people to communicate again – with the help of an implantable brain-computer interface. It is a vision that has been at the core of CorTec’s DNA since its inception more than 10 years ago by now: Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) that enable severely …
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For a project recently accepted for funding by the NIH, CorTec will supply novel electrodes to help people regain sensation from missing limbs. Losing a limb not only severely impairs our motor abilities, but also significantly impairs our level of independence. While prostheses can help to regain mobility, one of their biggest shortcomings is …
Electrically stimulating the spinal cord can be an effective therapy for different kinds of treatment-resistant chronic pain. The exact mechanisms through which the stimulation suppresses pain are still not fully understood. In most systems currently used in patients, the electrodes are placed epidurally into the spinal cord canal. There is evidence that the stimulation effects …
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To make your research easier, we are constantly working on our products and our technology. But how to implant a Spiral Cuff in particular? Here we provide the ultimate How-To-Guide for your next application. Learn more about the various °AirRay Cuff Electrode Designs. Download the Guide “How to Handle a Spiral Cuff” here …
Delivering electrical currents to nerves can not only serve to stimulate them, by inducing action potentials that are carried along the nerve and finally activate the end organ (e.g., a muscle). Certain stimulation patterns can also suppress nerve activity, leading to an inhibitory effect on the respective end organs. This is of specific interest for …
CorTec’s cuff electrodes have proven extremely helpful as interfaces for electrically interacting with the peripheral nervous system. The range of possible applications is vast. Cuff sizes, shapes and contact arrangements can be tailored to the specific target nerves, and the electrodes can both, stimulate and record. Nerve stimulation is often used for activating muscles, e.g. …
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