Levi Hargrove, PhD
Director, Neural Engineering for Prosthetics and Orthotics Lab
Associate Professor, Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Engineering, Northwestern University
About Me
Dr. Hargrove is Director and Scientific Chair of The Regenstein Foundation Center for Bionic Medicine and of the Neural Engineering for Prosthetics and Orthotics Laboratory at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. He is also an Associate Professor in the Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University.
A major goal of his research is to develop clinically realizable myoelectric control systems that can be made available to persons with limb loss in the near future. His research addresses all levels of amputation and has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the New England Journal of Medicine and multiple patents. Key projects include the development of advanced and adaptive control systems for prosthetic legs, improving control of robotic hand prostheses, and intramuscular EMG signal processing. In 2012, Dr. Hargrove co-founded Coapt, a company to transition advanced rehabilitation technologies from the research lab to patients’ homes.
Location
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
355 East Erie
Chicago, IL 60611
Education & Training
Credential
Recent Publications
Honors & Awards
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Young Professional AwardAssociation of Professional Engineerings and Geoscientists of New Brunwick, 2014
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MHSRS Team Award for Outstanding Research AccomplishmentUnited States Army, 2015
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Collaboration AwardChicago Innovation Awards, 2015
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Research AwardAmerican Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists, 2018
Selected Patents
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Ambulation Prediction Controller for Assistive Device9,443,203 B2
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 2016 -
Systems and Methods of Myoelectric Prosthesis Control13/587,755
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 2014 -
Autoconfiguration of Pattern-Recognition Controlled Myoelectric Prostheses61/675,147
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 2014
Professional Affiliations
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Professional EngineerAssociation of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick, 2008
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MemberIEEE, 2001
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MemberInternational Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, 2011
Research Interests
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Control of Bionic Limbs
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Biological Signal Processing
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Pattern Recognition
Current Grant Support
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National Institutes of Health R01Intuitive Control of a Hybrid Prosthetic Leg During Ambulation. Role: Principal Investigator, 2018 - 2023
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National Institutes of Health R01The Functional Importance of Powered Wrist Flexion for Upper Limb Prostheses. Role: Principal Investigator, 2018 - 2023
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NIDILRRTechnologies to Evaluate and Advance Manipulation and Mobility. Role: Co-Investigator, 2018 - 2023
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Department of DefenseThe Functional Importance of Powered Wrist Flexion. Role: Co-Investigator, 2019 - 2023
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Department of DefenseFlexible Epidermal Electrodes for Intuitive Control of Powered Arm and Leg Prostheses, 2018 - 2021
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Department of DefenseDetermining the Functional Importance of a Powered Multifunction Wrist. Role: Principal Investigator, 2017 - 2020
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Department of DefeneseMotorized Hip Orthoses to Improve the Gait Ability of Transfemoral Amputees. Role: Co-Investigator, 2017 - 2020
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Department of DefenseDevelopment and Validation of a Self-Adapting Myoelectrically Controlled Prosthetic Ankle with Continuously Variable Stiffness, 2017 - 2020
Neural Engineering for Prosthetics & Orthotics Lab
Our research focuses on developing neural control systems for upper and lower prosthetics.
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