Stroke Rehab Device (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Stroke Rehab Device

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A pneumatic actuator tendon hammer hits a person's wrist while a transcranial magnetic stimulator creates a weak signal in the brain's motor cortex. The responses overlap in the brain, produce and send a strong signal back to the arm, and the wrist moves.

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Georgia Tech

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