Deans' stroke musings: NEOFECT Has Partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to Bring Technological Innovations to Stroke Survivors

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Thursday, December 15, 2016

NEOFECT Has Partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago to Bring Technological Innovations to Stroke Survivors - Rapael Smart Glove

With 53 posts on gloves and 164 posts on hand and 46 posts on fingers your therapists will know which one is most likely to bring back you hand/finger function. But I highly doubt that, so you are on your own researching rehab tools that will help you recover.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3175861
The patients of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will be able to use NEOFECT's Rapael Smart Glove to improve the efficiency of their post-stroke rehabilitation program.

NEOFECT is an international health technology startup with offices in South Korea, the U.S., and Europe. The team has designed Rapael Smart Glove, a bio-feedback system to help patients with neurological and musculoskeletal injuries regain their hand mobility. The set includes a glove-like wearable device with embedded sensors and an artificial intelligence software. The main feature of the Rapael is the therapy program based on training games.

The learning schedule algorithm analyzes data transmitted from the glove's sensors via Bluetooth and offers different games. The software adjusts games' difficulty levels to keep participants interested and alert. Doctors can monitor the progress in a real time and design custom rehabilitation programs.

NEOFECT was named a CES 2017 Innovation Award Honoree for the Rapael Smart Glove. Now, it is available for use in hospitals and at home.

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) is the nation's leading provider of comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation care to patients from around the world. RIC has been designated the "No. 1 Rehabilitation Hospital in America" by U.S. News & World Report every year since 1991.

The organization has bought several Rapael Smart Gloves to incorporate them in their rehabilitation regimen.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has a network of 150 hospitals around the country. After a rigid selection process, Rapael Smart Glove has been approved for use in their system. Now, any DVA patient can receive reimbursement for renting the device for at-home therapy. The rentals are available in the U.S. for $99 a month, representing significant savings compared to a conventional rehabilitation program.

One of the DVA patients, Michael E. from Anaheim, Calif., has described his experience of using Rapael: "At this point, I'm actually able to straighten up my fingers and close my fists. I can make my fingers dance. I can shake hands with confidence and pick up things using my right hand, which I thought I would never will. Rapael has put me over the top and gave me hope that my hand eventually will go back to normal. "

The new collaborations with reputable healthcare organizations will help NEOFECT to bring technological innovations to more stroke victims, giving them hope for healthy, gratifying future.

To learn more about NEOFECT, visit the company's website: www.neofect.com

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For more information on this press release visit: http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/neofect-has-partnered-with-the-us-department-of-veterans-affairs-and-the-rehabilitation-institute-of-chicago-to-bring-technological-innovations-to-stroke-survivors-751141.htm