Valley Medical Center and Berkley Bionics have teamed up for trials of the exciting new system called eLegs. As detailed in our article and in TIME magazine last week this new invention promises a new reality for people with spinal cord injuries, stroke, MS, or any condition that has them unable to use their legs. […]
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San Jose woman dies following Nov 5 auto accident
Susan Gerlach, 56, was taken off life support Wednesday according to her husband Gary Gerlach. Ms. Gerlach who worked at Stanford University‘s artificial intelligence lab and whose car was struck by another on Nov. 5 in Cupertino has died as a result of her injuries. Her Prius had been struck by another car at Stevens […]
Big-rig driver involved in 3 seperate fatalities
Big-rig driver Gabriel Manzur Vera, who was involved in collisions that killed cyclist and Santa Cruz teacher John Myslin in Santa Cruz in 2007, Lauren Perdriau Ward, a 47 year-old mother of two from Los Altos hills was also was driving during a third fatal accident in Moss Landing in 2003. Police determined Vera was […]
VMC brain injury conference announced
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and it staff have announce the 2011 The Santa Clara Valley Brain Injury Conference: Building on the Legacy of Coma to Community, will be held February 24-26, 2011 at the historic Dolce Hayes Mansion in San José, California. The conference is the reintroduction of the Coma to Community Conference hosted […]
UCSF shuttle bus kills pedestrian
An unidentified 65-year-old woman was killed this afternoon when she was struck by a UCSF shuttle bus as she was crossing Geary Street at Leavenworth, according to San Francisco police. The accident which occurred at 12:27 pm as The bus was headed north on Leavenworth and turned left onto Geary, at 12:27 pm when the […]