Man with Quadriplegia Employs Injury Bridging Technologies to Move Again -- Just by Thinking (IMAGE)

Case Western Reserve University

Man with Quadriplegia Employs Injury Bridging Technologies to Move Again -- Just by Thinking

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Bill Kochevar, who was paralyzed below his shoulders in a bicycling accident, is believed to be the first person with quadriplegia in the world to have arm and hand movements restored with the help of two temporarily implanted technologies.

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Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland FES Center

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