Preliminary Testing

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=65 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04e00840erlcjm.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Preliminary Testing</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mark Felling.com Dont let life pass you"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> back to<B>  </B><A HREF="fesimplant.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FES Experimental Forearm Implant"><B>FES Experimental Forearm Implant</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04811c00egdysm.png"> <bR> <div> <B>Preliminary Testing</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id450.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FreeHand System">FreeHand System</A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id450.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FreeHand System"><B>FreeHand System</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=415 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="816" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 82 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.broadenedhorizons.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.broadenedhorizons.com"><B><IMG SRC="961dd4b0.png" border=0 width="221" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="94"><div> <A HREF="http://www.BroadenedHorizons.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.BroadenedHorizons.com"><B>"Innovative Solutions for the Mobility Impaired"</B></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="467"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="82" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="467" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> These <A HREF="#videos" TITLE="Preliminary Testing">videos</A> and <A HREF="#pictures" TITLE="Preliminary Testing">images</A> are preliminary documentation of the initial state and responsiveness of my left forearm muscles to Functional Electrical Stimulation on October 8, 2004.  This documentation was created for the <A HREF="http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu/" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu/">Cleveland FES Center</A>.  I hope to soon be traveling to Cleveland, Ohio in November for evaluation to see if I will be able to participate in the study of the new 12 Channel forearm implant system.  I seem to be an ideal candidate in terms of my strength, the ability to stimulate my paralyzed muscles, and my attitude towards the technology.  I look forward to both receiving the system and assisting in the developmental improvement facilitated by my knowledge and background of experience.  I would most likely be the 6th individual to receive the system, if everything works out.  Combined with the tendon transfer for my brachioradialis to my wrist, I will be able to hold up and move my wrists without external devicesand pick up things with my hands and fingers using my own muscles.</div> <bR> <div> The older 8 channel system first became available through <A HREF="http://www.neurocontrol.com/" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="http://www.neurocontrol.com/">NeuroControl Corp</A>. in 1997 after the system received FDA approval.  It is called <A HREF="id450.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FreeHand System"><B>FreeHand System</B></A><B> </B>and was successfully implanted in a few hundred people.  However the 8 channel system is almost no longer available since the company ran into financial troubles and is now only now supporting existing customers.  The new 12 channel system will be an incremental improvement to the old system.  To learn more about it you can read about the following four projects of which is composed.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu/projects/research/phpva.php" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu/projects/rese">Hand Grasp and Release for C5 and C6 Quadriplegic Individuals</A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu/projects/research/pec_va.php" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu/projects/rese">Restoration of Proximal Arm Function by FNS</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu/projects/research/phpnih1.php" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu/projects/rese">Implantable Stimulation, Telemetry, and Transducer System for Neural Control</A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu/projects/research/pecnih2.php" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu/projects/rese">Closed-loop Control of Hand Grasp</A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="640" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 132 WIDTH="314"><div>  <A NAME="videos"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> <EMBED SRC="components/Using_My_Power_Wrist-Hand_Orthesis.MOV" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT=245 AUTOSTART=false LOOP=false PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/">  </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="314"><bR> <bR> <div> To play these videos you will need to have the <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/">QuickTime</A></FONT> plug-in installed.  </div> <bR> <div> You can get it <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/">here...</A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="314"><div> Example Using My Power Wrist-Hand Orthesis</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="314"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="44" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="314" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="314"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="314" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="314"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="314" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 75 WIDTH="314"><div>  <EMBED SRC="components/Flexibility_&_Movement_of_My_Paralyzed_Hand.MOV" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT= 255 AUTOSTART=false LOOP=false PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/">  </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="314"><div>  <EMBED SRC="components/Flexing_My_Left_Brachial_Radialis_Muscle.MOV" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT= 255 AUTOSTART=false LOOP=false PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/">  </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="314"><div> Flexibility & Movement of My Paralyzed Wrist & Hand</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="314"><div> Flexing My Left brachioradialis Muscle</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="314"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="314" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="314"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="314" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 75 WIDTH="314"><div>  <EMBED SRC="components/FES_for_Finger_Flexion.MOV" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT= 255 AUTOSTART=false LOOP=false PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/">  </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="314"><div>  <EMBED SRC="components/FES_for_Wrist_Extension.MOV" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT= 255 AUTOSTART=false LOOP=false PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/">  </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="314"><div> Functional Electrical Stimulation of Finger Flexion</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="314"><div> Functional Electrical Stimulation of Wrist Extension</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="4" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="580" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 455 WIDTH="570"><div>  <A NAME="pictures"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="87740b00.jpg" border=0 width="576" height="432" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="570"><div> <B>Relaxed</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 438 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="87940b00.jpg" border=0 width="576" height="432" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="570"><div> <B>Relaxed</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 438 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="87a40b00.jpg" border=0 width="576" height="432" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="570"><div> <B>Flexed</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>