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He says researchers began investigating the technology more than a decade ago after reports of people with spinal-cord stimulators walking through metal detectors and collapsing.
Stress Testing Metal Detectors and Other Devices Shirley S. Wang 2011
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Catastrophic spinal-cord injuries are rare, but in Texas alone there are roughly two a year.
Gridiron Heroes: Father And Son Team Help Disabled Football Players Erica Liepmann 2011
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He missed the last 14 games of 2008 with a spinal-cord concussion. —
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The technology can interfere with spinal-cord stimulators, an implanted device that sends electrical signals to the spinal cord to control pain, Dr. Bassen says.
Stress Testing Metal Detectors and Other Devices Shirley S. Wang 2011
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Metal detectors can induce an electrical current in the metal of spinal-cord stimulators.
Stress Testing Metal Detectors and Other Devices Shirley S. Wang 2011
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In May, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine announced a $25 million loan to Geron to support the spinal-cord injury trial.
Geron's Stem-Cell Exit Arose From Financial Uncertainty Peter Loftus 2011
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Both LeGrand and Malcolm Brown, the player involved in the collision that resulted in LeGrand's spinal-cord injury, will participate in the opening coin toss.
Heard on the Field 2011
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The company is targeting only those with spinal-cord injuries.
Meet the Real Bionic Man Holly Finn 2011
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The company said one stem-cell therapy had been well-tolerated in a small clinical trial of people with spinal-cord injuries—the first such trial cleared by U.S. regulators.
Geron's Stem-Cell Exit Arose From Financial Uncertainty Peter Loftus 2011
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The research effort, led by the FDA, has resolved such mysteries as why a type of electronic wheelchair tended to start itself and drive out of control, and why some people with spinal-cord stimulators, implanted to help control chronic pain, collapsed after passing through a metal detector.
Stress Testing Metal Detectors and Other Devices Shirley S. Wang 2011
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