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i-LIMB Pulse

The i-LIMB Pulse is so called because it uses a pulsing technology to provide increasing and controllable grip strength to each individual digit. When the hand closes on an object, the user has the option to use a pulsing effect to apply additional grip force, allowing the hand to grip objects very tightly. Touch Bionics says this increased grip strength is good for applying greate ...
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ManufacturerTouch Bionics
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Updated17 January 2011
The Luke Arm

The Luke has myoelectric switches that are controlled by the patient's own brain impulses as well as feedback enabling the wearer to feel objects.

ManufacturerDEKA
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Updated17 January 2011
DynamicArm TMR

The DynamicArm TMR by Ottobock is a bionic prosthetic arm that is controlled by its operator's thoughts and allows the amputee to feel their lost limb. It went on display recently at a major US science conference.   The TMR gets its name from a surgical procedure called 'Targeted Muscle Reinnervation'. TMR surgery involves taking the nerves that once went to an amputee's arm and h ...
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ManufacturerOtto Bock
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Updated18 February 2011
Bebionic v2

September 2011 - The latest commercially available multi-articulating prosthetic hand from RSLSteeper has been announced. The Bebionic V2 boasts an operating speed that is twice as fast as the original. It has up to 14 selectable grip patterns, including precision, mouse and trigger grip and advanced electronics monitor finger positions. An in-hand RF receiver allows for customised ...
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ManufacturerRSLSteeper
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Updated17 September 2011
BeBionic Hands

United Kingdom

At the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics being held in Germany, RSLSteeper has launched their new Bebionic hand. Bebionic will be available from distributors worldwide from June 2010. Rather than just a hand it is an entire system including advanced features and versatile software system called 'bebalance' with wireless programming to customise the functions of the ...
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ManufacturerRSLSteeper
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Updated19 February 2011

3455 Mill Run Drive, Hilliard, OH, 43026, USA

(from website) Touch Bionics is a leading developer of advanced upper-limb prosthetics (ULP). The i-LIMB Hand, is a first-to-market prosthetic device with five individually powered digits. This artificial limb looks and acts like a real human hand and represents a generational advance in bionics and patient care. The modular construction of the i-LIMB Hand means that each indi ...
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ManufacturerTouch Bionics
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Updated17 January 2011

A press conference was held in Madrid on Nov 27 2008 to show off this prototype. It weighs only four hundred grams and allows the wearer to brush his teeth, put on a CD, to use a keyboard.

ManufacturerOtto Bock
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Updated17 January 2011

Germany

Designed specifically for strength, this hand can withstand blows from a hammer

ManufacturerInstitute of Robotics and Mechatronics
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Updated05 February 2011

This is a neuro-robotic arm brace with sensors that is worn like a sleeve. Where it touches the skin surface it can detect very faint muscle signals. The robotics in the mPower 1000 then engage to assist with moving the arm. Its designed to be worn by people with a weak or partially paralyzed arm and can be worn as an aid, or used as a rehabilitation device that helps the brain rele ...
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ManufacturerMyomo
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Updated12 April 2011

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