• DocumentCode
    1844601
  • Title

    New Multifunctional Prosthetic Arm and hand Systems

  • Author

    Weir, R. ; Clark, S. ; Mitchell, M. ; Puchhammer, G. ; Kelley, K. ; Haslinger, M. ; Kumar, N. ; Hofbauer, R. ; Kuschnigg, P. ; Cornelius, V. ; Eder, M. ; Grausenburger, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Rehabilitation Inst. of Chicago, Chicago
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    22-26 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    4359
  • Lastpage
    4360
  • Abstract
    We are building a new hand with 18 DOF which has all its actuators inside the body of the hand. This hand is in a form suitable for the 50% women but has the strength capabilities of a 50% male.
  • Keywords
    biomechanics; prosthetics; multifunctional prosthetic arm; multifunctional prosthetic hand; prosthetic hand DOF; Actuators; Biosensors; Couplings; Fingers; Humans; Laboratories; Physics; Prosthetics; Torque; Wrist; Artificial Limbs; Humans; Prosthesis Design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lyon
  • ISSN
    1557-170X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0787-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353302
  • Filename
    4353302