Quest for the bionic arm: Advancements and challenges
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 06:13
in Health & Medicine
Nearly 2,000 veterans have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with injuries requiring amputations; 14 percent of those injured veterans required upper extremity amputations. The recent advancements in upper extremity bionics and the challenges that remain in creating a prosthesis that meets or exceeds the abilities of a human arm and hand are the focus of new research.