Paralyzed boy’s surgery to make medical history at UH; He’s youngest for ‘Christopher Reeve’ operation
The impulses come from a battery inside a 6-by-3-inch plastic box that Alex can wear in a fanny pack or attached to his chair.
One of the biggest advantages of the device is that it works on one size C lithium battery and doesn't have to be plugged into an electrical outlet the way a ventilator does.
That means no worries if bad weather knocks out the power.
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Posted on Friday, January 09, 2009 (Archive on Friday, January 16, 2009) |
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