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2. I-LIMB Hand - Wikipedia

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   The i-LIMB Hand is the brand name of world's first commercially available bionic hand invented by David Gow and his team at the Bioengineering Centre of the Princess Margaret Rose Hospital in Edinburgh, and manufactured by Touch Bionics. The articulating prosthetic hand has individually powered digits and thumb and has a choice of grips. The i ...

3. Prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   This tension can be captured from voluntarily contracted muscles by electrodes applied on the skin to control the movements of the prosthesis, such as elbow flexion/extension, wrist supination/pronation (rotation) or opening/closing of the fingers. A prosthesis of this type utilizes the residual neuromuscular system of the human body to control ...

4. Bebionic - Wikipedia

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   Bebionic is a commercial prosthetic hand designed to enable amputees to perform everyday activities, such as eating, drinking, writing, typing, turning a key in a lock and picking up small objects. The first version of the Bebionic hand was launched at the World Congress and Orthopädie & Reha-Technik, Trade Show, Leipzig, Germany, in May 2010.

5. Prosthetic innovation: 'It's like you have a hand again' - study

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   Today's artificial limbs can look very natural, and now an innovative process makes prosthetic hands move more naturally as well. In an innovative experiment, scientists have shown that the nerves ...

6. Mind-controlled prosthetic is 'like having a hand again'

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   This artificial hand is being controlled by nerves in Karen Sussex's arms. She is one of many amputees taking part in an experiment - which aims to let amputees move prosthetic fingers and thumbs ...

7. Touch Bionics releases new prosthetic fingers, flips the old ...

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   The only upgrades available for our puny human hands are gaming controller calluses, but if you're sporting an i-LIMB digits hand prosthesis, you can now grab a set of improved fingers. Touch ...

8. Michelangelo Hand - Wikipedia

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   It is the first prosthesis to feature an electronically actuated thumb which mimics natural human hand movements. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Michelangelo Hand can be used for a variety of delicate everyday tasks, was first fitted to an Austrian elective-amputee in July 2010 [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and has been in use by military and civilian amputees in the ...

9. Mechanical arm - Wikipedia

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   In addition, an arm design of padded tips on the thumb and little finger would allow a pianist to span a series of notes while playing their instrument. [6] Technology for the prosthetic limbs kept evolving after World War I. After the war, laborers would return to work, using either legs or the arms because of its ability to grip objects.