Leuthardt is also Chief of the Division of Neurotechnology and Director of both the Center for Neuroscience in Innovation and Technology and the Brain Laser Center. Eric C. Leuthardt, MD, professor of neurosurgery, neuroscience, biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering & materials science, was installed as the Shi Hui Huang Professor of Neurological Surgery. A celebration […]
Multidisciplinary Washington University research led to device’s development The IpsiHand, an innovative stroke-recovery device that helps stroke patients recover significant arm and hand function by retraining their brains, has received the 2021 Pantheon Product of the Year Award from California Life Sciences. The organization advocates for the state’s life sciences sector and its innovation pipeline […]
Unable to move her legs and in extreme pain, a woman in her 70s was transferred to Barnes-Jewish Hospital earlier this month. A tumor had invaded her thoracic vertebrae and extended into the spinal canal, crushing her spinal cord and causing her paralysis. Experts at another hospital felt her tumor could not be surgically removed. […]