Benjamin Nudelman is researching better ways to help paraplegic patients with body movement, according to The Observer.
Here are five key facts:
1. Nudelman was selected to participate in Case Western Reserve University's research program, SOURCE, in the summer of 2014.
2. His interest lies in the area of neuroprosthesis stimulation, an advanced and quickly expanding field of study involving the use of high-tech devices to mimic the functions of biological organs, with the ultimate goal of restoring normal activity as much as possible in victims with serious physical impairments.
3. He has researched and worked with spinal cord injury patients who have lost the ability to move parts of their bodies and is aiming to create a system that can relay electrical signals very quickly to approximate those which would be sent by the brain.
4. Nudelman conducted his research at the Advanced Platform Technology Center at Veterans Affairs Hospital in Cleveland. He worked under Musa Audu, PhD, the Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at CWRU and Principal Investigator at the APT Center.
5. His assignment was to model the results of neuroprosthesis stimulation on a computer, which involved gathering data on the mass and length of limbs, creating a database of that information using previously established modeling formulae and then testing those formulas.