Millions of stroke patients could have the lost sense of touch restored to their fingers through a portable device developed at a British university, the British Science Festival heard on Tuesday.
The device, pioneered at the University of Hertfordshire, applies gentle vibrations to the patient’s fingertips, resulting in an improvement of 30 to 40 per cent in their ability to feel things, according to preliminary clinical data.
Development of the technology was led by bioengineer Amit Pujari, who plans to patent aspects of the technology with the university and set up a spinout company to commercialise it.
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