Prosthetic Hands & Arms that 'Belong' (5 of 12) (IMAGE)

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Prosthetic Hands & Arms that 'Belong' (5 of 12)

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Dr. Max Ortiz Catalan (left) and Assoc. Prof. Rickard Brånemark (right) with the first patient treated with the osseointegrated implant system for neural control. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 8, 2014, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. M. Ortiz Catalan at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, and colleagues was titled, 'An osseointegrated human-machine gateway for long-term sensory feedback and motor control of artificial limbs.'

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Ortiz Catalan <i>et al</i>., <i>Science Translational Medicine</i>, 2014

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