Stimulation through contacts in the C-FINE will produce touch and movement sensations in the missing limb. Intramuscular electrodes were also implanted in muscles in the residual limb, including the ...

A year later, he got a myoelectric arm, a type of prosthetic powered by the electrical signals in his residual limb’s muscles. But Smith hardly used it because it was “very, very slow” and ...

To enable a more natural gait, Herr and his colleagues came up with the AMI surgery to allow muscles to still communicate with each other inside of the residual limb. The new prosthetic works by ...

Artificial limbs, known as myoelectric prosthetics, are directed by electrical signals generated by muscle contractions in the residual limb, which can be translated to motion. However, heavy ...