![Synthetic nervous system helps paralyzed man regain use of his hand [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/04/Synthetic-Nervous-System-600x276.jpg?resize=600%2C276)
by Bruce Brown | April 21, 2016 | General News, Medical
We often write about curious, interesting, and impressive new Health Tech, but never have I been astounded as by the results of neural bypass surgery in a joint project by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Neurological Institute and Battelle. The researchers...
by Alfred Poor | March 21, 2016 | General News, Medical
It’s a classic theme in horror pictures such as Frankenstein; the mad scientist sends an electrical current through the brain of a subject (soon-to-be-monster, in most cases) in order to bring it to life. In real life, scientists have used a similar process to...
![Scientists Create “Bionic Spine” Implant [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/02/Stentrode-bionic-spine.jpg?resize=600%2C274)
by Alfred Poor | February 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
One of the most tragic injuries is damage to the spinal cord; the result can be paralysis that leaves the victim trapped forever in a body that will not respond to commands to make it move. When the connection between the brain and body is broken, it is nearly...
by Bruce Brown | January 22, 2016 | General News, Medical
My mother called me in Connecticut one morning in the late 1990s to tell me she was scared because when she looked in the mirror that morning she couldn’t see her face. In the center of her vision was a blurry dark mass. That was the beginning of her descent...
![MIT Smart Bandage Carries Sensors [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/12/MIT-hydrogel-bandage.jpg?resize=600%2C276)
by Alfred Poor | December 28, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
Imagine a bandage that can sense when the tissue underneath is inflamed, and can automatically deliver drugs in response. Imagine that the bandage can even produce a visible alert when infection is detected. And imagine that this bandage uses a material that is tough,...
