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Conventional Prosthetics
Clinical Experience with an Intelligent Prosthetic Hand
Peter J Kyberd and Mervyn Evans
Oxford Orthopaedic Engineering Centre, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK.
Keywords: Hand, Prosthetics, Activities of Daily Living.
Correspondence to: Peter J. Kyberd
1. Summary
While the level of technology in rehabilitation aids has increased over the past ten years their inclusion in prosthetics system has generally lagged behind that of the rest of the field. This paper presents work conducted in Oxford over the past four years to create a sophisticated artificial hand for use in the clinical setting. The use of a microprocessor in the system means that the operator need only to supervise the actions of the hand while the microprocessor controls the low level reflexes of grip force and shape. The training is based on a graphical computer interface.
3. Intelligent Control of prostheses
Peter Kyberd PhD,
Oxford Orthopaedic Engineering Centre, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK.
+44 1865 227675. Fax: +44 1865 742348
ooec@ermine.ox.ac.uk
http://www.tagish.co.uk/LOSH
March 1998
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