Prostheses and Prosthetics: Artificial Limb Information: Publications and Documents
Summary
The Artificial Limb Information database at Disabled World (DW) includes a wide array of publications related to artificial limbs. This collection features research articles, news updates, and informative guides on various types of prostheses, including recent technological advancements and developments in prosthetic design. It covers topics such as the functionality of different prosthetic limbs, new surgical techniques for better integration, the impact of materials like carbon fiber, and the cost considerations of prosthetic devices. This database also delves into the everyday experiences of users, offering insights into both the functional and cosmetic aspects of prosthetics.Searching the Database
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| Title and Description | Ed | Publish Revised |
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| Mind-Controlled Bionic Legs Restore Natural Gait for Amputees A new surgical procedure enhances neural feedback from the residual limb, enabling patients to walk more naturally and navigate obstacles more effectively. | ||
| Sensory-Motor Hand Prosthesis With Integrated Thermal Feedback Device allows amputees to sense and respond to temperature by delivering thermal information from the prosthesis fingertip to the amputee's residual limb. | ||
| New Bionic Implant Allows Control Over All Bionic Hand Fingers In this article we show that rewiring nerves to different muscle targets in a distributed and concurrent manner is possible and conducive to improved prosthetic control. | ||
| Temperature Feedback Allows Amputees to Feel Warmth in a Missing Hand The added sensation of temperature feedback is another step towards building bionic prosthetics for repairing the human body. | ✓ | |
| Bionic Arm Restores Natural Behaviors in Patients with Upper Limb Amputations Bionic arm developed that restores natural behaviors for patients with upper limb amputations allowing wearers to think, behave and function like a person without amputation. | ||
| Prosthetic Hands - New E-Dermis Brings Sense of Touch and Pain Made of fabric and rubber laced with sensors to mimic nerve endings, e-dermis electronic skin will enable amputees to perceive through prosthetic fingertips. | ||
| Prosthetic Arms with Controlled Sensory Feedback A new control algorithm keeps nerve stimulation steady in prosthetic arms, giving users reliable touch sensation even when sweating or electrodes peel off. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Students Create 3D Printed Robot Prosthetic Limb for Amputees University of Manchester students have designed and built a 3D printed, low-cost robotic prosthetic hand that could provide a much cheaper alternative for amputees. | ||
| Tremor Suppression Gloves for People With Parkinson's Disease New prototype for wearable tremor suppression gloves could be of immense assistance for over 6 million people with Parkinson's disease. | ✓ | |
| Prosthetic Limbs Represented Like Hands in Brain If we can convince the brain that the artificial limb is the real limb, we could make prostheses more comfortable and easier to use. | ||
| Amputees Can Learn to Control Robotic Arm with Mind Power A new study by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago shows how amputees can learn to control a robotic arm through electrodes implanted in the brain. | ||
| Working with Smart Materials to Make Prosthetic Limbs More Lifelike UH engineer receives award to pursue work with smart materials for artificial muscles, tendons which would make prosthetic limbs more lifelike. | ||
| Implanted Neuroprosthesis Enhances Stroke Patient Walking Speed and Mobility Implanted neuroprosthesis shown to boost stroke survivors' walking ability, offering new hope for improved mobility and independence after stroke. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Prosthetics to Suit for Women's High Heel Shoes Prominence Prosthetics for High Heels is the first prosthetic foot on the market not custom made that adapts to popular fashion for heels up to four inches high. | ||
| Improving Prosthetics and Lives of Amputees Prosthetic study findings show rough textured implants created though 3D printing exhibit stronger bone integration than machine threaded counterparts. | ||
| Bionic Fingertip Allows Amputee to Feels Texture Results provide new and accelerated avenues for developing bionic prostheses, enhanced with sensory feedback. | ||
| CES 2016: The Gift of 3D Printed Prosthetic Limbs ROBO 3D demonstrating latest 3D printers at CES 2016 with 3D Prosthetic Print Kits as part of its partnership with e-NABLE. | ||
| Amputee Receives Lifelike Bebionic Bionic Hand The bebionic bionic hand is a revolution in prosthetics as it perfectly mimics the functions of a real hand via different precision grips. | ||
| Restoring Amputees Sense of Touch $4.4 million grant for project that uses electrical stimulation to give amputees a sense of feeling. | ||
| Microprocessor Controlled Leg Puts Jim's Lifestyle Back on Track A traumatic accident changed his life forever, but a microprocessor controlled leg has put his active lifestyle back on track. | ||
| Neuro-prosthetics for Paralysis - Flexible Implant Slips into Spinal Cord e-Dura implant can be applied directly to the spinal cord without causing damage and inflammation. | ||
| Mind Controlled Robot Arm Prosthetic Brain-computer interface technology has potential to improve function and quality of life of those unable to use their limbs. | ||
| Robot Control Theory to Improve Prosthetic Legs Robot control theory to enable powered prosthetics to dynamically respond to the environment and help amputees walk. | ||
| Impact of Power Prosthetic Failures on Amputees Powered lower limb prosthetics hold promise for improving mobility of amputees, but errors in technology may also cause users to stumble or fall. | ||
| Electrical Stimulator Helps Stroke Victim Recover from Paralyzed Foot and Ankle Man regains social life and active lifestyle after becoming one of the first to be fitted with multi-channel Functional Electrical Stimulation system from Ottobock. | ||
| Creating Artificial Real Feelings in Prosthetics Prosthetic system being developed uses electrical signals sent by a computer into the nerves of the arm and brain enabling feelings in amputees. | ||
| 3D Printed Face Prosthesis for Eye Cancer Patients Made to cover hollow eye sockets 3D printed flexible custom masks provide affordable fast production alternative to traditional prosthetics. | ||
| Supporting Amputees - Ottobock C-Leg Prosthesis Since its introduction the C-Leg has helped over 40,000 amputees worldwide and become the most popular microprocessor prosthetic knee in history. | ||
| Mechanized System to Improve Nerve Damaged Hands Engineers develop and successfully demonstrated the value of a simple pulley mechanism to improve nerve damaged hand function after surgery. | ||
| Paralyzed Soldier Runs for First Time in 7 Years Private clinic in Minworth launches custom bionic leg splint that has allowed Lance Corporal Jon Le Galloudec to run again after being paralyzed. | ||
| Ottobock Prosthetic Legs - A 100 Year History Images of Ottobock prosthetic legs showing how prostheses technology has advanced over the past 100 years. | ✓ ✓ | |
| SynTouch BioTac Prosthetics: Human-like Touch SynTouch has developed sensor technology that gives robots the ability to replicate the sense of touch people have. | ||
| Genium X3 Waterproof Bionic Leg from Ottobock Laurence Greenough an 18 yr old amputee goes sailing after being fitted with the Genium X3 bionic leg from Ottobock. | ||
| Neurogrid Circuit Board 9,000 Times Faster 9,000 times faster energy-efficient microchips based on the human brain could drive prosthetic limbs with the speed and complexity of our actions. | ||
| Bionic Hand Allows Amputee to Feel in Real-time Revolutionary bionic technology with sensory feedback allows amputee to feel shape and texture of objects with prosthetic hand. | ||
| Mike Stoneman Regains Mobility After Being Fitted with a C-Leg from Ottobock Mike Stoneman was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of 18, doctors were able to remove the tumor in his left leg and he went on to have twenty years of full mobility. | ||
| Study Shows Prosthetic Hands Viewed as Eerie University of Manchester study shows public would prefer to look at human hands or robotic hands rather than prosthetic hands which they view as eerie. | ||
| MyGait FES Device for Drop Foot by Ottobock MyGait is a functional electrical stimulation device by Ottobock that restores natural gait in people with drop foot caused by stroke, MS, or nerve injury. | ✓ ✓ | |
| ActiGait Neuroprosthesis Restores Mobility Zara Roberts regains her mobility and confidence following surgery to implant ActiGait an electrical neuroprosthesis device in her leg. | ||
| Fingernails Clue to Human Limb Regeneration Findings hold promise for amputees who may one day be able to benefit from therapies that help the body regenerate lost limbs. | ||
| Touch Bionics: Realistic and Functional Hand Prostheses Touch Bionics offers advanced prosthetic hands and fingers, from realistic silicone designs to functional myoelectric devices for upper limb loss. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Creating Phantom Sensation in Non-amputees The experience of phantom limbs is not unique to amputated individuals and can easily be created in non-amputees. | ✓ | |
| VA Change from Traditional Prosthetics to Personal Bionics Personal bionics originally are dramatically changing the life of amputees and reducing the complexity of their life care planning. | ||
| Total Hip Replacement Cost and Pricing Difficulties Obtaining pricing information for total hip replacement often difficult as well as wide variations in the quoted prices. | ||
| Synthetic Plastic Skin - Touch-sensitive and Heals Itself New synthetic skin like material that can sense subtle pressure and heal itself when torn or cut. | ||
| The New Breed of Affordable Artificial Limbs Artistic artificial limbs that allow amputees to get their mobility and shape back but also turn their bodies into a sculpture. | ||
| JACO Robotic Arm Tested by Hereward College Students Students at Hereward College are road testing one of the only robotic arms in the UK. | ||
| OttoBock Genium Prosthetic Leg An amputee has become the first UK patient to be fitted with a new Genium leg bionic prosthetic system from mobility experts Otto Bock Healthcare. | ||
| Only Man in Turkey to Live Without a Heart Omer Bayrak became first patient in Turkey to be discharged from hospital using the Freedom portable driver to power his SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart. | ||
| Radiation Boost Makes Artificial Joints Last Longer A blast of gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints to make them strong enough to last for years. | ||
| Bionic Leg Gives Amputees a More Natural Walk A new lower-limb prosthetic allows amputees to walk without the leg dragging gait characteristic of conventional artificial legs. | ||
| Next Generation C-Leg from Ottobock Innovative enhancements to proven leg prosthesis system mean amputees will benefit from a more natural walking pattern and increased confidence. | ||
| Cricothyrotomy FX Prosthetic Crike Crike is the first ever Cricothyrotomy prosthetic as nothing currently exists on the international FX prosthetic market. | ||
| How to Leave Your Body: Brain's Body Image is Negotiable How does the brain identify its own body and why do we experience our center of awareness as located inside a physical body. | ||
| Dangers of Metal-On-Metal Hip Components Used In Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) According to the AAOS patients have several options for hip replacement implants each with its own advantages and potential drawbacks. | ||
| Phantom Limb Sensation More Common than Previously Thought After the loss of a limb patients experience the feeling of a phantom limb an illusion that the amputated arm or leg is still present. | ✓ | |
| Patients Should Expect Long Life from Joint Replacements A properly positioned hip or knee replacement by surgeons who are highly experienced can last many decades. | ||
| Next-gen Hand Prosthesis Eases Phantom Limb Pain The pain of losing a body part is twofold as patients suffer from wound pain and phantom limb pain. | ✓ | |
| Younger Patients Opting for Total Hip Replacement Surgery Patients opting for total hip replacement surgery much earlier in life due to rheumatoid arthritis and severe osteoporosis issues. | ||
| Synthetic Eye Prosthesis The miniscale artificial cornea has to meet almost contradictory specifications. | ||
| Touch Bionics Unveils New i-LIMB Pulse i-LIMB Pulse is a new version of the revolutionary i-LIMB Hand a commercially available bionic hand. | ||
| Athletes with Disabilities Network to Inspire Amputees to Become Athletes of the Future Modern prostheses have been revolutionized by plastics that help make them stronger lighter more flexible and realistic. | ||
| Hand Movement Using Brain Signals for Movement Impaired System could potentially operate a robotic arm or motorized wheelchair for people with disabilities or paralysis. | ||
| Biomedical Implants from Metal Foam with Similar Elasticity to Bone Metal foam that has a similar elasticity to bone could mean a new generation of biomedical implants. | ||
| Artificial Muscles Restore Ability to Blink Artificial muscles can restore the ability of patients with facial paralysis enabling them to blink. | ||
| Hand Amputation May Result in Altered Perception Around the Hands Representation of objects in the human brain depends on their physical location with respect to the hand. | ||
| Enhancing Prosthesis of Amputated Legs What is involved is the possibility of designing a prosthesis socket for a patient with an amputated leg. | ||
| Prosthetics Costs: The High Price of Prosthetic Limbs Costs and considerations for prosthetic limbs, from materials to insurance, highlighting impact on users’ lives and ongoing care needs. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Middle Ear Surgery - Ossiculoplasty and Stapedioplasty with Titanium Prostheses Surgery of Ossiculoplasty Stapedioplasty and Myringoplasty with Titanium based Middle ear implants. | ||
| Prosthetic Parity: Ensuring Fair Insurance Coverage for Amputees Explains prosthetic parity laws requiring insurance to cover prosthetics like federal programs, addressing coverage gaps for amputees. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Increased Freedom for Amputees with Advances in Prosthetic Devices Strong lightweight materials and advances in technology have translated into more comfortable prosthetics and higher function for amputees. | ||
| VA Studies Advanced Prosthetic Arm The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a study of an advanced artificial arm that allows those with limb loss to pick up a key or hold a pencil. |
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