Regenerative Nerve Interface Enhances Precision and Durability of Hand Prostheses (4 of 12) (IMAGE)

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Regenerative Nerve Interface Enhances Precision and Durability of Hand Prostheses (4 of 12)

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Joe Hamilton, a participant in the University of Michigan RPNI study, naturally uses his mind to control a DEKA prosthetic hand to pick up a small block. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Mar. 4, 2020, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by P.P. Vu at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI; and colleagues was titled, "A regenerative peripheral nerve interface allows real-time control of an artificial hand in upper limb amputees."

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Evan Dougherty/University of Michigan Engineering

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