Western startup’s adjustable socket aims to increase amputees’ comfort, quality of life
By
Keri Ferguson , July 17, 2023
From the moment they met, business partners Sydney Robinson and Oleksiy Zaika clicked. Two years later, they’re making a perfect fit as creators of an automatically adjustable prosthetic socket and cofounders of Vessl Prosthetics Inc. Working closely with prosthetists and their patients, their vision is to help lower limb amputees experience less pain and an increased quality of life.
Western researchers develop new open-source app for precise brain mapping
Western News , January 12, 2023The hippocampus is a small, complex, folded brain structure that holds clues to several brain disorders. It is also one of the most difficult-to-map regions of the brain. After developing a successful technique to digitally unfold the hippocampus, researchers at the Western Institute for Neuroscience have now built a new app using artificial intelligence (AI) to precisely map the structure.
Donation of $8.5 million strengthens hearing science and innovation
By
Emily Leighton ,December 18, 2023 , March 06, 2025
Transforming care for patients with hearing loss is focus of donation from global hearing implant company MED-EL
