Paul Hansma

Research 

The Hansma group invents new gadgets to help people. The current focus of the lab is devices for the relief of Chronic Pain. These devices are based on recent breakthroughs in the understanding of Chronic Pain as the result of an undesirable neuroplastic transformation of the brain after prolonged exposure to nociceptive pain: neurons that fire together wire together. These devices aim to help patients reprogram their brain to stop the repetitive firing of the pain circuits, which is unproductive since, in many cases, there is no need to keep protecting tissue from further damage.