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>> Well after years of

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development, a neurologist in

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Evansville is now selling a

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tool he invented to help his

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patients regain use of their

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hands. Business of Health

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Reporter Kylie Veleta is here

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now with more. Is a great,

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great story, Kylie.

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>> Great story, Gerry. This

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tool is designed for people

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who lose hand function after

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brain injury very often a

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stroke. Using conventional

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methods, Doctor Luke Barr says

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50 to 80% of those patients

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don't regain function in their

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hands. The high number of

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frustrated him and that

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sparked the idea for his

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device called Polyform-1h.

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Stroke and brain injuries

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often cause loss of function

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in only one hand so most rehab

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methods focus on only the

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compromised hand. But BIANCA

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BARR:Says studies show using

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both hands together is the

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best way to regain function in

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one, that's the main concept

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behind his device. While some

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to hand rehab tools on the

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market, BIANCA BARR:Says they

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are very expensive robotics

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that's the vast majority of

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patients can't access. He says

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Polyform-1h is simple yet

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sophisticated. Patients use

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both hands to squeeze and

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rotate the device which

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triggers the brain's natural

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ability to rewire itself to

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overcome new challenges.

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>> If that coordination of the

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left hand and to the right

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hand. And because our brain is

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crisscrossed, the right side

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of our brain controls the left

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hand and hour left side of our

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brain controls the right hand,

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so to coordinate the two

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together both sides of the

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brain have to be activated in

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coordination. And from a lot

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of studies we've learned that

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when you activate the brain

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and that way it increases the

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brain's ability to change

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itself, and we term that

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neuroplasticity.

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>> BIANCA BARR:Says his idea

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hit a wall when several

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manufacturers told him it was

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impossible to produce the

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device affordable he. That led

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him to Indianapolis-based

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Catalyst, part developing firm

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which he says was a game

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changer. Is currently selling

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his first batch of devices and

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hoping to produce a second

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batch soon. An Israeli based

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pharmaceutical and nuclear

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medicine manufacturing company

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will open its first US

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facility in Hamilton County.

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Isotopia Molecular Imaging

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picked Westfield for its US

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operation. The company plans

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to invest $20 million and

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create up to 50 jobs at the

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end of 2027. The plant will be

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used to produce a radioactive

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medical isotope used in

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pharmaceuticals for targeted

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cancer treatment. Renowned

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Purdue University scientist

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Doctor Philip Low using one

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$0.4 million grant to continue

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research involving a drug

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therapy used to fight drug

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resistant strains of malaria.

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Low conducting clinical trials

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to validate previous results

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of the drug and that nib. Low

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wants to eventually submit the

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therapy for approval from the

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US food and drug ministration.

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If that happens it would be

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his fifth FDA approval.

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Speaker Kelly back to Luke

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Barr, the great part of this

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story, the resources used to

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make that happen around the

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state including Evansville.

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Speaker he even said, I'm a

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neurologist, what do I know

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about injection molding? So he

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worked with USI's creation

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lab, he made a few prototypes

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obviously worked with Catalyst

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who brought him from point a

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to Z where he is now, and he's