Prof. Shriya Srinivasan

Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, SEAS

Project Overview

This GRID accelerator project will mature our wearable mechanostimulation system from benchtop prototype to translation-ready device, incorporating critical parameter optimization and user connectivity components necessary for large-scale clinical trials in patients with spasticity. Spasticity causes involuntary muscle stiffness and contractions in over 12 million individuals worldwide, and is accompanied by a debilitating hindrance to movement, lack of independence, and chronic pain. The global market for treatment of spasticity was valued at $13.1 billion in 2023 and is projected to exceed $28.4 billion by 2030. Current approaches are invasive or time-consuming with modest to low efficacy. 

Check out Professor Shrinivasan’s project featured the Harvard Gazette and in PBS's Nova Docuseries:

Interested in this technology? Send a note to grid@harvard.edu. They are currently seeking partners in academia and industry to collaborate on further developments.