University of Tennessee Team Launches Project to Make Hand Prosthetics More Intuitive (IMAGE)

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

University of Tennessee Team Launches Project to Make Hand Prosthetics More Intuitive

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville professor of Biomedical Engineering Jindong Tan, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ADVANCE professor Nicole McFarlane, and Associate Profesor of Biomedical Engineering Dustin Crouch have launched a project to develop and test the Myo-Bridge, a novel implantable robotic device that creates a virtual mechanical link between an amputee’s residual muscles and an external robotic prosthetic hand

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