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first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control two robotic arms.
http://i.imgur.com/J7rVyrc.mp4
A Colorado man made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control two of the Laboratory's Modular Prosthetic Limbs.
Most importantly, Baugh was in town for two weeks in June as part of an APL-funded research effort to further assess the usability of the MPL, developed over the past decade as part of theRevolutionizing Prosthetics Program.
Before putting the limb system through the paces, Baugh had to undergo a surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital known as targeted muscle rein nervation.
'It's a relatively new surgical procedure that reassigns nerves that once controlled the arm and the hand,' explained Johns Hopkins Trauma Surgeon Albert Chi, M.D.
'By reassigning existing nerves, we can make it possible for people who have had upper-arm amputations to control their prosthetic devices by merely thinking about the action they want to perform.'
A Colorado man made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control two of the Laboratory's Modular Prosthetic Limbs.
Most importantly, Baugh was in town for two weeks in June as part of an APL-funded research effort to further assess the usability of the MPL, developed over the past decade as part of theRevolutionizing Prosthetics Program.
Before putting the limb system through the paces, Baugh had to undergo a surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital known as targeted muscle rein nervation.
'It's a relatively new surgical procedure that reassigns nerves that once controlled the arm and the hand,' explained Johns Hopkins Trauma Surgeon Albert Chi, M.D.
'By reassigning existing nerves, we can make it possible for people who have had upper-arm amputations to control their prosthetic devices by merely thinking about the action they want to perform.'
The future is here.
http://www.cnet.com/au/news/amputee-simultaneously-controls-two-prosthetic-arms-with-his-mind/