ThePhilArtist is an organization that supports crucial medical research with a unique and new style of fundraising.
By juxtaposing art's tradition of telling universal, touching stories and modern science with its ability to transform and progress our lives, we hope to inspire and support innovation in both fields.
All fundraising efforts are focused on innovative and pioneering developments in emerging medical research methods.
Development of a micro stimulator easely implantable to nerves by endoscopic approach, without need for cable-extension, and small enough to be implanted also in children (spina bifida)
Clinical studies in spina bifida children and SCI people
The wide array of specialty fields and diverse branches of medicine along with ever increasing knowledge has been responsible for the continuous division of medicine into increasingly specialized fields and sub-divisions.
There is a long history for the therapeutic use of electrical stimulation. More than 30 years ago Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) was developed as an orthotic system to be used for SCI patients.