Electric headband to help stroke patients use their hands again

After the initial shock of having a stroke and becoming paralysed on one side, Jan Morgan was desperate to regain movement and make life easier for her young daughter. Jan was just 50 when she had the stroke in September 2010 and her daughter Imogen 12. It left Jan completely paralysed down her left side, unable even to dress herself, let alone scratch an itch. While daily physiotherapy had helped restore movement to her left leg, after around 18 months Jan's arm was still immobile and she was largely dependent on Imogen. 'The physiotherapist's priority was to get me upright and focused on my lower limbs,' says Jan, now 56.