Bionic Hand
Jacqueline Schmit
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Title:
Bionic Hand
Creator:
Jacqueline Schmit
Date:
2/12/2002
Text:
Interesting. This article appeared in the recent Science magazine. I
wonder how heavy the prosthesis is, not to mention cost!
Jacqueline Schmit
Prosthetic Technician
Bracemasters, LLC
Butler, WI USA
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Graduate student in Biomechanics
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI USA
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES COULD SPEED 'BIONIC' REPLACEMENT PARTS
Advances in human-to-machine communication and miniaturization could speed
the development of bionic limb replacements that look and work much like
the real thing, the inventor of an artificial hand reports in the Feb. 8
issue of Science. Bionic technologies can be adapted for restoring some
degree of almost any lost function, William Craelius, a Rutgers University
biomedical engineer and inventor, predicts in an article, The Bionic Man -
Restoring Mobility. The main obstacle to developing more realistic bionic
body parts lies in the communication between humans and machines, said
Craelius, whose Dextra artificial hand is the first to use existing nerve
pathways to control computer-driven mechanical fingers. Communication is
key, and it is getting
easier. The Dextra prosthesis gives a person who has lost a hand the
ability to control individual fingers by using electrical signals generated
by remaining muscles and tendons. The Dextra hand, which has a plastic
socket that encases an amputee's upper limb, has been shown to allow a
person to perform such complex tasks as typing and playing the piano,
Craelius reports. Some of the processing and communication of the prosthesis
is handled by a device worn outside the body. The Rutgers team is working on
miniaturizing the human-machine interface to make the Dextra hand feel more
natural, he said.
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wonder how heavy the prosthesis is, not to mention cost!
Jacqueline Schmit
Prosthetic Technician
Bracemasters, LLC
Butler, WI USA
++++++++++
Graduate student in Biomechanics
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI USA
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES COULD SPEED 'BIONIC' REPLACEMENT PARTS
Advances in human-to-machine communication and miniaturization could speed
the development of bionic limb replacements that look and work much like
the real thing, the inventor of an artificial hand reports in the Feb. 8
issue of Science. Bionic technologies can be adapted for restoring some
degree of almost any lost function, William Craelius, a Rutgers University
biomedical engineer and inventor, predicts in an article, The Bionic Man -
Restoring Mobility. The main obstacle to developing more realistic bionic
body parts lies in the communication between humans and machines, said
Craelius, whose Dextra artificial hand is the first to use existing nerve
pathways to control computer-driven mechanical fingers. Communication is
key, and it is getting
easier. The Dextra prosthesis gives a person who has lost a hand the
ability to control individual fingers by using electrical signals generated
by remaining muscles and tendons. The Dextra hand, which has a plastic
socket that encases an amputee's upper limb, has been shown to allow a
person to perform such complex tasks as typing and playing the piano,
Craelius reports. Some of the processing and communication of the prosthesis
is handled by a device worn outside the body. The Rutgers team is working on
miniaturizing the human-machine interface to make the Dextra hand feel more
natural, he said.
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Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: <URL Redacted>
Citation
Jacqueline Schmit, “Bionic Hand,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/218026.
