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CHAPTER SIX

Upper-Limb Prosthetic Devices

Georgios A. Bertos* ,†,‡ , Evangelos G. Papadopoulos*
*National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
†
Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Feinberg School
of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
‡
Bionic Healthcare, Inc, Chicago, IL, United States
Contents
1 Introduction 177
1.1 History 177
1.2 How is Success Defined for Upper-Limp Prosthetics? 178
1.3 Characteristics of a Prosthesis 180
1.4 Types 182
1.5 Technologies That Affect Upper-Limb Prostheses 195
2 State of the Art 210
2.1 LUKE Arm 210
2.2 Targeted Muscle Reinnervation 211
2.3 Sensing Many-DoFs 213
2.4 3D Prototyping 215
2.5 Osseointegration—Osseoperception 215
2.6 BIONs and IMESs 219
2.7 Neural Feedback Integration 220
2.8 Optogenetics 223
2.9 Biomechatronic EPP 223
3 Trends for the Future That Can Enable Biomechatronics Upper-Limb Prostheses 227
3.1 Personalization/3D Printing/Fast Prototyping 227
3.2 Many-DoFs 227
3.3 Osseointegration and Osseoperception 227
3.4 EPP and Biomechatronic EPP 228
3.5 Discussion/Realignment 228
Authors’ Contributions 231
References 231
Further Reading 240

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 History
The replacement of a human hand or arm is a truly challenging task. As
Aristotle called it, the hand is the “finest tool of all” or the “instrument

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