New device could benefit treatment of hand injuries

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 14:14 in Health & Medicine

A team of Rice University bioengineering students who invented a device to measure intrinsic hand muscle strength has won two prestigious honors for their patent-pending creation, PRIME. The device could revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of hand injuries and neurological disorders, specifically carpal tunnel syndrome.

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