Named after the Greek god of medicine and healing, the HEPIUS (Holistic Electrical, ultrasonic and Physiological Interventions Unburdening those with Spinal cord injury) team unites neurosurgeons, biomedical engineers, acoustic engineers and ultrasound scientists, radiologists and sonographers, to treat and diagnose spinal cord injuries.
Under the joint leadership of Amir Manbachi (Biomedical Engineer, PhD) and Nicholas Theodore (Neurosurgeon, MD), the HEPIUS team aims to design and develop a system of systems comprising an entirely new class of implantable and wearable ultrasound devices to aid patients with neurological disorders.
The HEPIUS Innovation Labs consist of multiple multidisciplinary labs at various campuses across Johns Hopkins, from the schools of engineering and medicine to Johns Hopkins Bayview and the Applied Physics Lab...
