Dec 14, 2009
Northeast Senior Health First to Use Myomo in Homecare and Skilled Nursing Enviironments
Myomo® Neuro-Robotic Technology Restores Use of
Paralyzed Limbs Click here
Dec 11, 2009
Myomo (WSOCTV.com)
A stroke occurs when a part of the brain doesn’t get enough oxygenated blood, killing the affected brain cells. It can occur in one of two ways: (1) a clot in a brain artery blocks ... Click here
Oct 1, 2009
The Future of the Human Body
Ten innovations that will improve quality of life—and bring down health care costs Click here
Feb 16, 2009
Robotic Brace Offers Hope To Stroke Victims
A new, high-tech robotic brace could offer some stroke patients a unique way of beating the odds. Click here
Feb 3, 2009
Robo Rehab Device Arms Stroke Survivors With Ability to Regain Control
Weill Cornell Medical College- High-Tech Arm Brace Promises to Improve Odds of Recovery From Paralysis. Click here
May 17, 2008
Stroke of Genuis
The Record Journal - Garrett Mendez can move his arm, but it's nothing compared to what he can do when he's wearing the Myomo e100. Click here
April 9, 2008
The Robot Revolution May Finally Be Here
US News and World Report - Analysts and researchers say, the long-anticipated robot revolution is underway. Click here
July 12, 2007
 STROKE REHABILITATION - More local patients to benefit from new robotic brace
The Patriot Ledger - A Norton woman who helped test a new robotic arm brace at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital is encouraged that stroke victims soon will be able to use it to regain their strength. Click here
July 12, 2007
FDA Approves Robotic Arm to Help Stroke Patients
New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch -- A robotic device designed to help stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation to regain use of partially paralyzed arms has received FDA approval. Click here
July 11, 2007
Cambridge company gets ok to sell device helping stroke victims
WBZ Newsradio 1030 AM (New England Business) - Myomo Co-founder and co-inventor, John McBean, tells WBZ's Anthony Silva about neurorehabilitation and Myomo innovation.
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July 11, 2007
Chairman and CEO of Myomo, Steve Kelly, joins NECN's R.D. Sahl
NECN (New England Business Day) -- Boston-based Myomo has come up with a device that helps patients regain control of partially paralyzed limbs. The E-100 Neuro-Robotic System has just won FDA approval for use in clinical setting.
July 11, 2007
Myomo e100 NeuroRobotic System for Rehab and Assistance
medGadget - Designed as a feedback-based, closed loop system, NeuroRobotics facilitates muscle re-education by both amplifying and rewarding a patient with desired motion in concert with his or her own muscular activation. Click here
July 11, 2007
Un brazo robótico rehabilita a pacientes con derrame cerebral
Clarin -- A aquellos que perdieron la movilidad de los miembros, les permite recuperar funciones mínimas. Click here
July 10, 2007
Robotic Arm For Stroke Patients Gets FDA Approval
WBZ-TV: A stroke can be devastating and even people who make a partial recovery can be left without full use of their limbs. But a new MIT creation that just won FDA approval will help change that. Click here
July 10, 2007
In Latest Robotics, New Hope for Stroke Patients
Times Daily (India) - A robotic elbow brace in motion. Mary O'Regan more or less ignored her left arm for 20 years. Click here
July 10, 2007
FDA OKs High-Tech Arm Brace for Strokes
International Herald Tribune -- Federal regulators have granted clearance to market a robotic arm brace designed to help stroke survivors regain use of paralyzed limbs and relearn how to move affected muscles, the device's maker said Tuesday. Click here
July 10, 2007
Robot Arm Gives Stroke Patients a Hand
WIRED Science --The Myomo e100 is more than an arm brace: it's a personal robotic brain-trainer. Click here
July 10, 2007
In Latest Robotics, New Hope for Stroke Patients
The New York Times — In 5 to 10 years, I expect we'll see these kinds of devices in all major clinics and rehab hospitals in the developed world, and even in patients' homes. Click here
July 10, 2007
FDA OKs High-Tech Arm Brace for Strokes
Associated Press — Unlike other devices to help stroke survivors regain mobility, no electrical stimulation or invasive procedures are required. Rather, the device helps individuals use their own biological signals to recover muscle control. Click here
June 6, 2007
Robotic Arm for Stroke
Ivanhoe Broadcasting Medical Breakthroughs: When Maggie Fermental was 32 years old, she suffered a stroke that left her arm partially paralyzed. After standard therapy, she only regained 25 percent of her arm function, but after using the Myomo e100 NeuroRobotic System, she has regained 75 percent of her previous function.
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June 5 , 2007
Regaining Movement After A Stroke
ABC-TV 7: A stroke took Maggie Fermental by surprise. "The room was spinning really, really fast, and then stuff just stopped working, first my arm, then my leg, then my speech," said Maggie Fermental. She was just 32 years old. Click here to view televised story
May 9, 2007
Robotic arm draws out-of-state attention
The Patriot Ledger -- It was a slam-dunk moment of triumph - in slow motion - as Jane Arena used both hands to raise the ball and drop it through the basketball hoop. Click here
April 6, 2007
Robotic Braces Could Help Rewire Stroke Victims' Brains
Information Week — Researchers reported an average of 23% improvement in arm function after testing the therapeutic device on patients. Click here
March 29, 2007
Stroke Patients Armed for Robot-Assisted Exercises
Therapy Times — An experimental robotic device that provides a "power assist" to weakened muscles shows promising results in improving arm motion in partially paralyzed stroke survivors, according to preliminary research in the April issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Click here
March 24, 2007
Robotic brace for stroke recovery
Medicsweb.com — Maggie Fermental, a stroke survivor and study participant, regained full motion at the elbow after 18 hours using the device and has maintained her progress to date.
March 20, 2007
High-tech arm brace helps stroke survivors regain mobility
Associated Press — Bill Dressel has plenty of motivation to regain mobility in his right arm. About a year after his stroke, the retired engineer became a grandfather for the first time.
July 27, 2006
Advances in Stroke Rehabilitation
WGBH-TV Greater Boston with Emily Rooney — Kailas Narendran, Myomo co-founder and co-inventor, shows the Myomo e100 NeuroRobotic System. Click here
January 20, 2006
Spin-out Specialist, MIT Deshpande Center
Mass High Tech — Myomo, then named Active Joint Brace, received the grand prize of MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition as well as a grant from the Deshpande Center for Technology Innovation. Click here
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