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Michael Hogan, a mechanical engineer at Harmonic Bionics, shares the company’s beginnings as a group of grad students from the Renew Robotics Lab. Their passion for rehab robotics led to the creation of their flagship device, Harmony, designed to transform stroke recovery for patients.

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00:00 - 00:06
Hi, my name is Michael Hogan, I'm a mechanical engineer here at Harmonic Bionics, and I deal with the nuts and bolts of Harmony.



00:07 - 00:17
So we are a medical device startup and we're working to bring rehab robotics into the upper body stroke rehabilitation space.



00:17 - 00:25
Our flagship device is Harmony SHR. It's bilateral upper extremity rehab exoskeleton



00:25 - 00:39
It's used to help stroke patients recover from stroke events faster. So one of the things that we do that's really unique is bilateral sync therapy, right? We can mirror our motion from one arm to the other. And, you know, if you think about a stroke, right, it's something that happens.



00:39 - 01:14
It's a connection between the brain and the muscles that it's severed. Right. And we can help rebuild that. We help also with what's called scapula humeral rhythm. So if you were to raise your arm like I'm doing now, right, your shoulder blade raises as you lift, Right. That's not something that's connected by your musculoskeletal system. It's something that your brain is coordinating and our device is able to help coordinate that motion and help make it more natural so that hopefully when people recover from Stokes, they're recovering in the right way

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