December 18, 2018 Columns by Ed Tobias Thinking About Quitting My Bioness L300 The L300, made by Bioness, is a functional electronic stimulator. It’s a cuff that I wear just below my left knee. It stimulates a nerve that lifts my foot and helps keep it from dragging. When I first got my L300Ā in 2012, it was a blessing.
July 11, 2018 Columns by Mike Knight Out on a Stim: The Pros and Cons of FES Devices (Part 2) Second in a series. Read part one. The thing about functional electronic stimulation (FES) devices, at least to me, is waiting for them to engage. No matter how much I prepare myself, Iām still surprised ā on pins and needles, if you will ā…
May 23, 2018 Columns by Mike Knight Out on a Stim: The Pros and Cons of FES Devices (Part 1) First in a series. For a minute or two, I felt like I was in a time machine. It was late March, and I was test driving (perhaps test walking) the WalkAide System, a functional electronic stimulation (FES) device designed, according…
April 2, 2018 News by Patricia Silva, PhD FDA Clears Mobile App for Use with L300 Go System Created to Help with Walking and Gait The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the myBioness mobile app, designed by Bioness, to be used with the L300 Go SystemĀ to improve muscle strength in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) or other conditions that affect walking. The L300 Go System is approvedĀ to help…
September 26, 2017 Columns by Ed Tobias Test-Walking the New Bioness L300 Go I’ve been using a Bioness L300 for just over five years to counter my foot drop. Without the L300 strapped to my left leg, itās difficult for me to walk more than 25 or 30 steps, even with two canes. The L300 is a functional electronic…
February 28, 2017 Columns by Ed Tobias FAQs About the Bioness ‘L300 Go’ for Foot Drop Earlier this month Bioness announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had cleared its new “L300 Go” functional electronic stimulator (FES). It’s an upgrade of the original “L300” that I’ve been using for more than five years. Without the “L300” strapped to my left leg…
February 20, 2017 Columns by admin MS Patientās Pick of the Weekās News: BFitLifestyles, Cannabis, ARNet, Bioness and More Here`s my Pick of the Weekās News as published by Multiple Sclerosis News Today. Fitness Trainer and MS Patient, Dolly Stokes, Launches BFitLifestyles Website with Husband Looking after what you eat and exercising according to your abilities apparently can help alleviate symptoms of many chronic illnesses including…
February 15, 2017 News by Patricia Silva, PhD FDA OKs Bioness’ Electrical-stimulation Rehabilitation Device for Gait Impairment The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use ofĀ Bionessā L300 Go System electrical-stimulation rehabilitation device for multiple sclerosis (MS)Ā patients and others with walking impairment. It is the first electrical stimulation deviceĀ to offer 3D motion detection of gait and muscle activation, the company says. The L300…
October 25, 2016 Columns by Ed Tobias Brace Yourself for MS One of the MS blogs that I follow is written by Jen, who lives in England.Ā It’s called Tripping Through Treacle. Doesn’t that neatly sum up the lives of many of us in just three alliterative words?Ā From MS newbies to old-timers like me, we worry (or have worried)…