VIDEO From Medialink: Cyberkinetics' Andara(TM) Combination Product Yields Nerve Regeneration and Functional Recovery in Model for Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : CYKN) on April 25th announced that the Company's research collaborators at Indiana University and the Center for Paralysis Research at Purdue University presented study results that demonstrate - for the first time - that Cyberkinetics' Andara(TM) Oscillating Field Stimulator (OFS (OFS, Norcross, GA, www.ofsbrightwave.com) A manufacturer of optical fibers and interconnect equipment. Formerly the Optical Fiber Solutions (OFS) Group of Lucent, OFS was turned into a stand-alone company acquired by Furukawa Electric in 2001. ) PLUS System, a combination product, induced nerve regeneration and functional recovery in a preclinical model of chronic, or long-term, spinal cord injury Spinal Cord Injury Definition Spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord that causes loss of sensation and motor control. Description Approximately 10,000 new spinal cord injuries (SCIs) occur each year in the United States. . These new findings build on the previously demonstrated ability of Cyberkinetics' Andara(TM) OFS Device, used alone, to restore sensation and some function in a Phase Ia clinical trial of ten participants who received the device within 18 days of their injuries. (Registered journalists can access video and text for free and unrestricted use at: http://media.medialink.com/home.aspx?Story=31913) In his presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] , Scott Shapiro, M.D., explained that these promising results were achieved in a preclinical study that examined use of the Andara(TM) OFS Device in combination with local delivery of a naturally occurring small molecule called inosine inosine /in·o·sine/ (I) (in´o-sen) a purine nucleoside containing the base hypoxanthine and the sugar ribose, which occurs in transfer RNAs and as an intermediate in the degradation of purines and purine nucleosides to uric acid and in (together, the "Andara(TM) OFS PLUS System"). This system is the subject of a patent filing to which Cyberkinetics holds an exclusive, worldwide license. Dr. Shapiro is the Principal Investigator for the ongoing Phase Ib clinical trial of the Andara(TM) OFS Device and the Robert L. Campbell Professor of Neurosurgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine The Indiana University School of Medicine is the medical school of Indiana University, part of the Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Established in 1903, the school had an initial class of 25 students. . Richard Borgens, Ph.D., inventor of Cyberkinetics' Andara(TM) OFS Device technology, founder of Purdue's Center for Paralysis Research, and the Mari Hulman George Mari Hulman George, born Mary Antonia Hulman on December 26, 1934, in Terre Haute, Indiana, is the daughter of the late Anton "Tony" Hulman and Mary Fendrich Hulman, prominent Indiana philanthropists and business owners. Professor of Applied Neurology in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue, and Scott Purvines, M.D., a neurosurgeon affiliated with The Brain and Spine Center at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Missouri, and former intern at the Indiana University School of Medicine, were co-authors on the study. |
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