SYDNEY, Australia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Advanced Medical Institute Inc. (AVMD.PK or AMI), a leading provider of treatment for Erectile Dysfunction and Premature Ejaculation in Australasia, announces a new not for profit division — Rocket Launch (www.rocketlaunch.com.au) — which specialises in providing Erectile Dysfunction advice and treatment programs to men who have sustained a spinal cord injury.

Rocket Launch’s trial group of 60 patients delivered a remarkable 100% success rate with all patients capable of gaining and maintaining an erection. With the huge success of their trial, Rocket Launch now plans to reach out to the more than 6,000 men in Australia who have sustained a spinal cord injury. Continue Reading »

BOSTON, Mass. – March 09, 2007 – A soldier who was discharged from the West Roxbury VA hospital before Thanksgiving is still waiting for the Army to discharge him. Sergeant Chase Gean needs those papers to start collecting his disabled veterans’ benefits and continue his rehabilitation.

The holdup is at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, where doctors make decisions about whether soldiers should be discharged. WBUR’s Fred Thys interviewed Gean just before he was released from West Roxbury VA last November, and now has the story of what’s happened to him in the months since. Continue Reading »

We’ve written before about Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems’ BrainGate, a brain-implant device designed to control a computer, assistive devices and eventually, limb movement. The company’s focus is neural stimulation, sensing and processing technology to improve the lives of those with severe paralysis resulting from spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders and other conditions of the nervous system. Cyberkinetics’ product development pipeline includes:

Andara OFS (Oscillating Field Stimulator) Therapy for acute spinal cord injury, an investigative device designed to stimulate nerve repair and restore sensation and Motor function; the; and a pilot program in the detection and prediction of seizures due to Epilepsy. Continue Reading »