Upper limb myoelectric prostheses are stand-alone mechatronic arms actuated by electromechanical joints. Current commercial upper limb prostheses may be inadequate to guarantee an acceptable functionality to patients suffering from a high level of amputation. A powered humeral rotator joint can greatly enhance the functionality of these prostheses. This paper presents a new powered humeral rotator joint to actuate the humeral intra/extra rotation of upper limb myoelectric prostheses. The device was built and preliminary tests on the prototype were conducted. The response to the preliminary tests are promising, showing a satisfactorily design of the device.
A New Powered Humeral Rotator for Upper Limb Myoelectric Prostheses / Mazzotti, C.; Troncossi, M.; Parenti Castelli, V.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2015), pp. 307-312. (Intervento presentato al convegno 14th IFTOMM World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science tenutosi a Taipei (Taiwan) nel Ocotber, 25-30, 2015) [10.6567/IFToMM.14TH.WC.OS13.110].
A New Powered Humeral Rotator for Upper Limb Myoelectric Prostheses
TRONCOSSI, MARCO;PARENTI CASTELLI, VINCENZO
2015
Abstract
Upper limb myoelectric prostheses are stand-alone mechatronic arms actuated by electromechanical joints. Current commercial upper limb prostheses may be inadequate to guarantee an acceptable functionality to patients suffering from a high level of amputation. A powered humeral rotator joint can greatly enhance the functionality of these prostheses. This paper presents a new powered humeral rotator joint to actuate the humeral intra/extra rotation of upper limb myoelectric prostheses. The device was built and preliminary tests on the prototype were conducted. The response to the preliminary tests are promising, showing a satisfactorily design of the device.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
