Current solutions and future trends for robotic prosthetic hands

V Mendez, F Iberite, S Shokur… - Annual Review of Control …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The desire for functional replacement of a missing hand is an ancient one. Historically,
humans have replaced a missing limb with a prosthesis for cosmetic, vocational, or personal …

Achieving long-term stability of thin-film electrodes for neurostimulation

P Oldroyd, GG Malliaras - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Implantable electrodes that can reliably measure brain activity and deliver an electrical
stimulus to a target tissue are increasingly employed to treat various neurological diseases …

4D‐Printed Soft and Stretchable Self‐Folding Cuff Electrodes for Small‐Nerve Interfacing

L Hiendlmeier, F Zurita, J Vogel, F Del Duca… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peripheral nerve interfacing (PNI) has a high clinical potential for treating various diseases,
such as obesity or diabetes. However, currently existing electrodes present challenges to …

[HTML][HTML] Visual percepts evoked with an intracortical 96-channel microelectrode array inserted in human occipital cortex

E Fernández, A Alfaro, C Soto-Sánchez… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
In this issue of the JCI, the dream of restoring useful vision to blind individuals with
neurotechnology moves one step closer to realization. Fernández et al. implanted an …

Multifaceted understanding of human nerve implants to design optimized electrodes for bioelectronics

G Valle, G Aiello, F Ciotti, P Cvancara, T Martinovic… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioelectronic medicine is a promising venue for treatment of disabilities using implantable
neural interfaces. Peripheral neurostimulation of residual nerves recently enabled multiple …

Long-term upper-extremity prosthetic control using regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces and implanted EMG electrodes

PP Vu, AK Vaskov, C Lee, RR Jillala… - Journal of Neural …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Extracting signals directly from the motor system poses challenges in obtaining
both high amplitude and sustainable signals for upper-limb neuroprosthetic control. To …

Restoration of grasping in an upper limb amputee using the myokinetic prosthesis with implanted magnets

M Gherardini, V Ianniciello, F Masiero, F Paggetti… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
The loss of a hand disrupts the sophisticated neural pathways between the brain and the
hand, severely affecting the level of independence of the patient and the ability to carry out …

Mechanoneural interfaces for bionic integration

T Shu, G Herrera-Arcos, CR Taylor… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Our expanding expertise in peripheral nerve regeneration and soft tissue reconstruction is
enabling the development of novel innervated tissue constructs that can be combined with …

Stability of flexible thin-film metallization stimulation electrodes: analysis of explants after first-in-human study and improvement of in vivo performance

P Čvančara, T Boretius… - Journal of neural …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Micro-fabricated neural interfaces based on polyimide (PI) are achieving
increasing importance in translational research. The ability to produce well-defined micro …

Upper limb prostheses: bridging the sensory gap

AD Roche, ZK Bailey, M Gonzalez… - Journal of Hand …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Replacing human hand function with prostheses goes far beyond only recreating muscle
movement with feedforward motor control. Natural sensory feedback is pivotal for fine …