1. Design of a Compact, Reconfigurable, Prosthetic Wrist
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Zinck, Arthur, Stavdahl, Øyvind, Biden, Edmund, and Kyberd, Peter Joseph
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Medical technology: 620 [VDP] ,body regions ,QH301-705.5 ,Biomedical Engineering ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Proteser og implantater ,Bioengineering ,Prostheses and Implants ,Biology (General) ,Medisinsk teknologi: 620 [VDP] ,TP248.13-248.65 ,Biotechnology - Abstract
The design of a prosthetic wrist is the result of compromises between the function and the practicality of the device. Conventional prosthetic wrists use a single degree of freedom to produce pro/supination of the hand. It has not been demonstrated that this is the most functional alignment for a single axis. Previous work by the authors suggests that if the wrist must have only one rotatory axis then a more oblique orientation would be more functional. To test this idea, a compact wrist with a single axis and spherical design has been made that will allow any axis of rotation to be selected and the functional performance of the resulting arm be tested. © 2012 – IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved
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- 2012
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