Paul Hunter Peckham is a professor of biomedical engineering and orthopedics at the Case Western Reserve University, and holds eight patents related to neural prosthetics.

Peckham's research involves developing prostheses to restore function in the upper extremities for paralyzed individuals with spinal cord injury.

[1] In collaboration with 25 doctors and researchers, Peckham co-developed multiple iterations of neural prostheses over nine years, which could be implanted, and relied on electrical stimulation to control neuromuscular activation.

[1] Peckham later founded NeuroControl Corp. in the 1990s, raising $30 million in funding and receiving two Food & Drug Administration approvals for functional electrical stimulation products for spinal cord patients (including selling Freehand to the public), before the company failed due to insufficient sales.

at the White House/Veteran Affairs Conference dedicated to Emerging Technologies in Support of the New Freedom Initiative: Promoting Opportunities for People with Disabilities.