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READ MORE: FES Bike vs Cionic Neural Sleeve: Which Is Right for You?Functional Electrical Stimulation, or FES for short, is a powerful rehabilitation tool that helps individuals with neuromuscular impairments regain mobility and muscle function. Although FES itself is not new (more on that below), the way it’s delivered has advanced greatly. Over the last several years, a number of new assistive technologies—including an FES bike and…
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READ MORE: MS and Mobility: How 3 Women Are Rediscovering IndependenceMS and Mobility: How 3 Women Are Rediscovering Independence was originally published in MS News Today Living with MS comes with a unique set of challenges. When walking becomes difficult, your life is undeniably changed. You may have a fear of falling, everyday tasks can become challenging, and your mental health can suffer as you experience…
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READ MORE: Foot Drop Brace vs FES: Which is Right for You?8 min
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READ MORE: Meet the CIONIC Scientific Advisory BoardToday we announced the formation of the CIONIC Scientific Advisory Board. We are fortunate to have such an incredible group of physicians and scientists join us in our mission to help people with mobility differences live more freely and independently. In the coming weeks, we’ll share deeper profiles of our SAB members individually, but wanted…
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READ MORE: From the Super Bowl to Superpowering the Human BodyFor years, Super Bowl advertising has been dominated by the usual suspects: beer, soda, chips, cars, and insurance, to name a few. This year, however, medtech company Hologic is shelling out big bucks (2022 price tag: $6.5 million for 30 seconds air time) to be part of the Big Game conversation. They’re also advertising during Olympic…
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READ MORE: Superpowering the Human Body: Episode 7The seventh episode of CIONIC’s podcast Superpowering the Human Body, features a conversation with Dr. Phillip Alvelda, CEO/Chairman of Medio Labs and CEO of Brainworks. Dr. Alvelda is a technology and industry innovator as well as an educator. He was a Program Manager at DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office where he developed national scale R&D programs…
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READ MORE: Talking Hardware Engineering at CIONICMeet Mihai Ionescu, Head of Hardware at CIONIC A graduate of UC Santa Cruz (BS Computer Engineering ‘99), he has spent his career in hardware design and high-volume manufacturing where he was at the nexus of innovation in engineering and design. In his role at CIONIC, Mihai has a multi-faceted responsibility that includes product specs…
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READ MORE: Superpowering the Human Body: Episode 6Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation by Richard Harvey MD, Joel Stein MD , Carolee Winstein Phd PT, George Wittenberg MD PhD, Richard Zorowitz MD The sixth episode of CIONIC’s podcast Superpowering the Human Body, features a conversation with Dr. Richard Zorowitz, Chief Medical Informatics Officer and attending physician at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital and professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University School of…
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READ MORE: A World Beyond Disability: What Inspired CIONIC’s MissionHow my daughter’s CP diagnosis fueled a mission to empower all those with mobility impairments to move more freely. Anyone who has met my daughter Sofia knows her as intelligent, joyful, and kind. She is an inventor, an artist, a ballerina, and skier. And she is one of over 1 million Americans living with Cerebral…
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READ MORE: Superpowering the Human Body: Episode 5The fifth episode of CIONIC’s podcast Superpowering the Human Body, features a conversation with Industrial Designer, Daniel Zarem. Daniel shares with us his passion and process for designing products to augment human function. We discuss how advances in materials, sensing, ML, and manufacturing are accelerating a future of highly personalized solutions. Watch on YouTube The full transcript…
