TY - GEN
T1 - Prosthetic command signals following targeted hyper-reinnervation nerve transfer surgery
AU - Kuiken, Todd A.
AU - Miller, Laura A.
AU - Lipschutz, Robert D.
AU - Stubblefield, Kathy A.
AU - Dumanian, Gregory A.
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - High-level upper-limb amputations result in prostheses with many degrees-of-freedom to be controlled, with very few control signals. A novel method for the control of myoelectric upper limb prostheses has been developed. By transferring the residual nerves to spare muscles in or near the residual limb, additional myoelectric control signals are created that allow the simultaneous control of multiple degrees-of-freedom in the prostheses. Since the nerve function correlates physiologically to the prosthetic function, operation is more natural and thus easier than current control paradigms. This surgical procedure and subsequent prosthetic fitting have been successfully completed on one shoulder disarticulation and one transhumeral amputee. The shoulder disarticulation amputee has also been fit with a unique 6 motor system, allowing him to control 3 motors (hand, elbow, and humeral rotator) with the use of 6 myoelectric signals; there was marked increase in functional range-of-motion. He was able to control multiple joints simultaneously and could perform tasks that he could not do before, including reaching out to pick up objects
AB - High-level upper-limb amputations result in prostheses with many degrees-of-freedom to be controlled, with very few control signals. A novel method for the control of myoelectric upper limb prostheses has been developed. By transferring the residual nerves to spare muscles in or near the residual limb, additional myoelectric control signals are created that allow the simultaneous control of multiple degrees-of-freedom in the prostheses. Since the nerve function correlates physiologically to the prosthetic function, operation is more natural and thus easier than current control paradigms. This surgical procedure and subsequent prosthetic fitting have been successfully completed on one shoulder disarticulation and one transhumeral amputee. The shoulder disarticulation amputee has also been fit with a unique 6 motor system, allowing him to control 3 motors (hand, elbow, and humeral rotator) with the use of 6 myoelectric signals; there was marked increase in functional range-of-motion. He was able to control multiple joints simultaneously and could perform tasks that he could not do before, including reaching out to pick up objects
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U2 - 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616284
DO - 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616284
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33846921083
SN - 0780387406
SN - 9780780387409
T3 - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
SP - 7652
EP - 7655
BT - Proceedings of the 2005 27th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE-EMBS 2005
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2005 27th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE-EMBS 2005
Y2 - 1 September 2005 through 4 September 2005
ER -