Compact and Lightweight Transradial Electric Prosthesis for Children with Forearm Deficiency.
Journal
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
ISSN: 2694-0604
Titre abrégé: Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101763872
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2019
Jul 2019
Historique:
entrez:
18
1
2020
pubmed:
18
1
2020
medline:
23
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Children with congenital forearm deficiency have difficulty in daily activities and body balance problem. Since most electric prostheses have been developed for adult amputees, it is necessary to develop a compact and lightweight electric prosthesis for children to manipulate various daily objects. In this paper, we report a compact and lightweight transradial electric prosthesis for children with forearm deficiency. Based on an electric prosthesis termed as Finch for adult amputees, we designed a smaller electric prosthesis by using a compact actuator and a control unit. We downsized the fingers of the Finch without impairing the workability. The total weight of the developed prosthesis was 274 g, which was about 100 g lighter than that of the conventional electric prosthesis for children. The result of upper limb function evaluation using developed prosthesis participated in a child with congenital forearm deficiency demonstrated that the effectiveness of the prosthesis to manipulate daily objects.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31947370
doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856473
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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