Francis Lab

University of Houston

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NIH R01 · 2024

Regenerative Micro-Electrode Peripheral Nerve Interface for Optimized Proprioceptive and Cutaneous specific interfacing

Project Summary Every 30s, someone in the world has a limb amputated, with approximately 2.1 million people living with amputations in the U.S.A. Upper limb amputees traditionally use passive, body-pow- ered, or electrically powered prostheses that use surface Electromyographic (EMG) signals from intact muscles in the residual limb for movement and rely on visual and/or surrogate sensory input. Advanced peripheral nervous (PN) system interfaces have been proposed as a viable mechanism to improve the control by amputees by delivering naturalistic sensory feedback from sensorized robotic prosthetics. Unfortunately, current neural interfaces suffer from common chal- lenges such as electrode…

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