Soft robotics enables neuroprosthetic hand design

G Gu, N Zhang, C Chen, H Xu, X Zhu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Development and implementation of neuroprosthetic hands is a multidisciplinary field at the
interface between humans and artificial robotic systems, which aims at replacing the …

Mechanoneural interfaces for bionic integration

T Shu, G Herrera-Arcos, CR Taylor… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Our expanding expertise in peripheral nerve regeneration and soft tissue reconstruction is
enabling the development of novel innervated tissue constructs that can be combined with …

Cognitive benefits of using non-invasive compared to implantable neural feedback

L Chee, G Valle, G Preatoni, C Basla, M Marazzi… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
A non-optimal prosthesis integration into an amputee's body schema suggests some
important functional and health consequences after lower limb amputation. These include …

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 …

A non-invasive wearable sensory leg neuroprosthesis: mechanical, electrical and functional validation

C Basla, L Chee, G Valle… - Journal of Neural …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Lower limb amputees suffer from a variety of functional deficits related to the
absence of sensory communication between the central nervous system and the lost …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomics: Co-engineering body and machine in pursuit of synergistic bionic performance

TR Clites - Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Bionic devices have the potential to transform human mobility. For this promise to be fully
realized, it is important that the body and machine elements of bionic systems be seamlessly …

[HTML][HTML] Low limb prostheses and complex human prosthetic interaction: A systematic literature review

A Domínguez-Ruiz, EO López-Caudana… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A few years ago, powered prostheses triggered new technological advances in diverse
areas such as mobility, comfort, and design, which have been essential to improving the …

Not only in sensorimotor network: local and distant cerebral inherent activity of chronic ankle instability—a resting-state fMRI study

Y Shen, W Wang, Y Wang, L Yang, C Yuan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Increasing evidence has proved that chronic ankle instability (CAI) is highly
related to the central nervous system (CNS). However, it is still unclear about the inherent …

Bidirectional bionic limbs: a perspective bridging technology and physiology

C Pasluosta, P Kiele, P Čvančara… - Journal of Neural …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Precise control of bionic limbs relies on robust decoding of motor commands from nerves or
muscles signals and sensory feedback from artificial limbs to the nervous system by …

Neural interfacing architecture enables enhanced motor control and residual limb functionality postamputation

SS Srinivasan, S Gutierrez-Arango… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Despite advancements in prosthetic technologies, patients with amputation today suffer
great diminution in mobility and quality of life. We have developed a modified below-knee …