Innovative Prosthetic Arm From Segway Inventor Cleared by U.S.
May 10th, 2014Via: Bloomberg:
A prosthetic arm made by a company founded by Segway inventor Dean Kamen was approved for sale by U.S. regulators, who called it the first such device able to respond to multiple simultaneous commands from a wearer’s brain.
Electrodes attached to the arm detect muscle contractions close to the prosthesis, and a computer translates them into movement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said yesterday in a statement. As many as 10 movements can be detected by the limb, which is the same weight and shape as a natural human arm.
Videos: FDA approves a life-like prosthetic arm from the man who invented the Segway
