Ossur, an Icelandic based prosthetics development company is set to announce the beginning of clinical trials for its Proprio foot, a new kind of brain controlled prosthetic ankle and foot. Instead of trying to connect the device to nerves, the robotic limb uses sensors to detect nerve signals in muscles near the point where the limb was removed. The limb then analyses those signals and converts them to movement in real time, which is reportedly very close to that of natural limbs.
SOURCE: Medical Xpress – Medical research News – Read entire story here.
Ossur to announce clinical trials for implanted myoelectric sensors for brain-controlled prosthetics
