I am a scientist, businessman, author, and philanthropist. For nearly two decades, I was a professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health where I founded two academic research departments, the Division of Biochemical Pharmacology and the Division of Human Retrovirology.
This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in brain-machine interfaces.
Most recently, Dr. Max Ortiz-Catalan and colleagues from the Center for Bionics and Pain Research in Mölndal, Sweden, published their work inon a new-age bionic hand, among the most state-of-the-art seen today. Here, I will discuss their bionic hand and how it may impact regenerative prosthetics and the brain-machine interface field moving forward.
Most brain-machine interfaces are connected to the user via the nervous system, whether by integration to nerve endings in the limbs or spine or directly to the brain via an implanted chip. This enables the user to send and receive impulses, which can be used to control prosthetics and receive sensory feedback.Elon Musk May Have Given Up On Privacy For His Jet Travels But Taylor Swift Hasn t
Further, the unit is completely self-contained to the arm. Many brain-machine interfaces require clunky additional accessories to store batteries and processing units. Those items are stored in a small wristband attached to the wrist of the bionic hand, reducing the weight of the device and removing the cumbersome accessories.
Durability is the third facet of the Ortiz-Catalan bionic hand. Over a period of several years, the monitored patient required intervention on the bionic hand only twice. The first was for a failed titanium support piece, and the second was for a failed screw. Both pieces were easily altered for improved stability and replaced. Neither the electrode wiring nor the osseointegration pieces failed or were impacted.
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