Robotic Arm for amputees

Robotic Arm for amputees
How People Survive Amputation
PUBLISHED ON 04/18/2013
“Amputees are in the infant stages of controlling prostheses directly with their minds. Through targeted muscle reinnervation, the nerves from the amputated limb are reenergized in a different part of the body, for example, the chest. When an amputee wants to use their arm in a particular fashion, he or she thinks the action, prompting the nerves in the chest to react. That reaction sends a message to a microprocessor in the robotic limb, which performs the action. Currently, there are only 35 people in the world with *TMR limbs, and Blanck has fit 14 of them. He says the ever-changing prosthetic field aims to allow an amputee think about their prosthesis in a way that is normal. Jesse Sullivan (left) was the first man to receive this treatment technique from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and Claudia Mitchel (right) was the first woman to receive.”
*Targeted Muscle Reinnervation = TMR
www.seeker.com/how-people-survive-amputation-1767432728.html


But, sadly, the Johns Hopkins site says:
“Those who were born without part or all of their arm and those who have nerve damage, degeneration or paralysis are not candidates for this procedure.”
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/surgery/about/innovations/tmr.html

This invention allows the person to “feel” pressure and temperature. See video.
qz.com/759921/prosthetics-that-can-feel-targeted-sensory-reinnervation-surgery/