Develo** biomedical engineering technologies for reproductive medicine

Y Zhu, B Kong, R Liu, Y Zhao - Smart Medicine, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Infertility is a rising global health issue with a far‐reaching impact on the socioeconomic
livelihoods. As there are highly complex causes of male and female infertility, it is highly …

A review of current state-of-the-art control methods for lower-limb powered prostheses

R Gehlhar, M Tucker, AJ Young, AD Ames - Annual reviews in control, 2023 - Elsevier
Lower-limb prostheses aim to restore ambulatory function for individuals with lower-limb
amputations. While the design of lower-limb prostheses is important, this paper focuses on …

Design and clinical implementation of an open-source bionic leg

AF Azocar, LM Mooney, JF Duval, AM Simon… - Nature biomedical …, 2020 - nature.com
In individuals with lower-limb amputations, robotic prostheses can increase walking speed,
and reduce energy use, the incidence of falls and the development of secondary …

Design and validation of a powered knee–ankle prosthesis with high-torque, low-impedance actuators

T Elery, S Rezazadeh, C Nesler… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present the design of a powered knee-ankle prosthetic leg, which
implements high-torque actuators with low-reduction transmissions. The transmission …

Sockets for limb prostheses: a review of existing technologies and open challenges

L Paternò, M Ibrahimi, E Gruppioni… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the prosthetics field, one of the most important bottlenecks is still the human-machine
interface, namely the socket. Indeed, a large number of amputees still rejects prostheses or …

Human-robot interaction in rehabilitation and assistance: a review

A Mohebbi - Current Robotics Reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Research in assistive and rehabilitation robotics is a growing,
promising, and challenging field emerged due to various social and medical needs such as …

A review of gait phase detection algorithms for lower limb prostheses

HTT Vu, D Dong, HL Cao, T Verstraten, D Lefeber… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fast and accurate gait phase detection is essential to achieve effective powered lower-limb
prostheses and exoskeletons. As the versatility but also the complexity of these robotic …

Human-in-the-loop optimization of exoskeleton assistance via online simulation of metabolic cost

DFN Gordon, C McGreavy, A Christou… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many assistive robotic devices have been developed to augment or assist human
locomotion. Despite advancements in design and control algorithms, this task remains …

Enhancing functional abilities and cognitive integration of the lower limb prosthesis

FM Petrini, G Valle, M Bumbasirevic, F Barberi… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Lower limb amputation (LLA) destroys the sensory communication between the brain and
the external world during standing and walking. Current prostheses do not restore sensory …

The neural resource allocation problem when enhancing human bodies with extra robotic limbs

G Dominijanni, S Shokur, G Salvietti… - Nature Machine …, 2021 - nature.com
The emergence of robotic body augmentation provides exciting innovations that will
revolutionize the fields of robotics, human–machine interaction and wearable electronics …