Active upper limb prostheses: A review on current state and upcoming breakthroughs

A Marinelli, N Boccardo, F Tessari… - Progress in …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The journey of a prosthetic user is characterized by the opportunities and the limitations of a
device that should enable activities of daily living (ADL). In particular, experiencing a bionic …

Biosignal-based human–machine interfaces for assistance and rehabilitation: A survey

D Esposito, J Centracchio, E Andreozzi, GD Gargiulo… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
As a definition, Human–Machine Interface (HMI) enables a person to interact with a device.
Starting from elementary equipment, the recent development of novel techniques and …

Restoration of gras** in an upper limb amputee using the myokinetic prosthesis with implanted magnets

M Gherardini, V Ianniciello, F Masiero, F Paggetti… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
The loss of a hand disrupts the sophisticated neural pathways between the brain and the
hand, severely affecting the level of independence of the patient and the ability to carry out …

Clinical implementation of a bionic hand controlled with kineticomyographic signals

A Moradi, H Rafiei, M Daliri, MR Akbarzadeh-T… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Sensing the proper signal could be a vital piece of the solution to the much evading
attributes of prosthetic hands, such as robustness to noise, ease of connectivity, and intuitive …

Control methods for transradial prostheses based on remnant muscle activity and its relationship with proprioceptive feedback

S Grushko, T Spurný, M Černý - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The loss of a hand can significantly affect one's work and social life. For many patients, an
artificial limb can improve their mobility and ability to manage everyday activities, as well as …

[HTML][HTML] The myokinetic interface: Implanting permanent magnets to restore the sensory-motor control loop in amputees

M Gherardini, F Masiero, V Ianniciello… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of a dexterous hand prosthesis that is controlled and perceived naturally
by the amputee is a major challenge in biomedical engineering. Recent years have seen the …

Magnetic-based detection of muscular contraction for controlling hand prosthesis

A Prakash, N Sharma, AK Katiyar, SK Dubey… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Muscle contraction information from the residual upper-limb of an amputee can generate
intention-based control to prosthetic devices. There are several approaches such as …

Transcutaneous magnet localizer for a self-contained myokinetic prosthetic hand

V Ianniciello, M Gherardini… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: The search for a physiologically appropriate interface for the control of dexterous
hand prostheses is an ongoing challenge in bioengineering. In this context, we proposed an …

Localization accuracy of multiple magnets in a myokinetic control interface

M Gherardini, F Clemente, S Milici, C Cipriani - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Magnetic localizers have been widely investigated in the biomedical field, especially for intra-
body applications, because they don't require a free line-of-sight between the implanted …

Effects of sensor resolution and localization rate on the performance of a myokinetic control interface

F Masiero, E Sinibaldi, F Clemente… - IEEE Sensors …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic tracking systems have been widely investigated in biomedical engineering due to
the transparency of the human body to static magnetic fields. We recently proposed a novel …