Arms and Hands
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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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.
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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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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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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(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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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.
Designed specifically for strength, this hand can withstand blows from a hammer
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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