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About Restorative Therapies

RTI designs and markets innovative electrical stimulation ergometers to help people with a neurological impairment achieve their full potential.

Our philosophy is to invest strongly in R&D so that we continue to deliver high quality, technologically advanced products.

We recognize that achieving our goals not only requires great products but also outstanding service and support. We strive to deliver excellent service to our customers throughout sales, insurance, installation, technical and clinical support.

RTI‘s team has more than 30 years experience designing medical devices. Our close relationship with leading clinical and research institutions is a key element in our success. Our high quality medical devices, leading edge technologies and level of service set a new benchmark in the treatment of neurological impairments.

Let RTI partner you into a new era of rehabilitation.

Andrew Barriskill CEO

1999
	Dr John McDonald starts his pioneering work with Christopher Reeve Read an interview with Dr McDonald
2000
	Key therapy invented by Dr McDonald at Washington University in St Louis (patent pending)
2003
	Design work starts on the RT300
2004
	RTI is founded RTI's office opens in Maryland and Dr McDonald opens his clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute
2005
	The RT300 receives FDA marketing clearance
2006
	The RT300 internet system receives FDA marketing clearance
2007
	RT300 real time data analysis provided to clinics and riders
	RTI receives FDA marketing clearance for the RT300 pulse oximeter
	FDA 510(k) clearance for unilateral stimulation (when only one side is affected)
	FDA 510(k) clearance for FES Arm cycling

Background

Staff Picture RTI was founded in response to the pioneering research of Dr. John McDonald. His basic science research suggests that repetitive neural activity stimulates cell growth in the central nervous system. This activity based therapy¹ is known as Restorative Therapy^TM.

Read an interview with Dr McDonald.

Increasing activity levels can help to improve overall health, cardiovascular fitness and blood circulation, range of motion, and flexibility. Activity can also raise energy levels, help reduce spasticity, decrease muscle atrophy, and assist with the performance of activities of daily living.

Nervous system damage from diseases or injuries such as Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Cerebral Palsy or Leukodystrophy often reduce neural and physical activity beneath the level of the injury. Over time, this loss impairs patients’ general health and self-esteem, which undermines their attempts to improve their situation, decreases their quality of life, and increases the demands on medical and social services.
Treatments have focused on stabilizing individuals and helping them adapt to their impairment. However, scientists recently discovered that physical, neurological and functional improvements can occur even long after the nervous system is damaged².

Restorative Therapies is working to shift the focus from hospital-based treatment of acute injury to pragmatic long term therapy programs designed to promote ongoing physical and functional improvements and well being.

Restorative Therapy uses a combination of functional electrical stimulation (FES) and motor-assisted activity to enable patients to undertake clinic, home or gym therapy sessions regularly and thereby increase physical and neural activity in injured regions of the body.

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