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Alex Joyce. Neuroprosthetics. Prosthetics. A n artificial device to replace or augment a missing or impaired part of the body . History of Prosthesis. 1500 BC- Egyptians Wooden Toes 300 BC- Italians Artificial Leg. Table of Prosthesis Developments. Neuroprosthetics. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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NeuroprostheticsAlex Joyce

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Prosthetics

An artificial device to replace or augment a missing or impaired part of the body

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History of Prosthesis

1500 BC- Egyptians Wooden Toes

300 BC- Italians Artificial Leg

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Table of Prosthesis Developments

Time Period Years Where? Who? What?

Ancient World ~ 1500 BC Egypt Egyptians Wooden Toe

Ancient World ~ 300 BC Italy ? Bronze/Wooden Leg

Second Punic War 218-210 BC Italy Romans Iron Hand

The Dark Ages 476-1000 ? ? Peg Legs/Hand Hooks

The Renaissance 1400-1800 Greece/Italy Greeks/RomansIron, Steel, Copper and

Wood Limbs

The Renaissance 1508 Germany von Berlichingen Manipulative Iron hands

The Renaissance Early 1500s Algeria Barbarossa Silver Arm

The Renaissance 1696 ? VerduynNonlocking below-knee

prosthesis

Modern Times 1858 ? Bly Anatomical Leg

Modern Times 1863 England Parmlee Aluminum Limbs

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Neuroprosthetics

Also called neural prosthetics A series of devices that can

substitute motor, sensory or cognitive modality that might have been damaged as result of an injury or disease.

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Target Reinnervation

Enables an amputee to control motorized prosthetic devices and to regain sensory feedback.

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Target Reinnervation cont. Patient (Jesse

Sullivan) Bionic Hand

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References Norton, Kim M.. "A Brief History of

Prosthetics."inMotion. Amputee Coalition, 05 2009. Web. 13 Nov 2012. <http://www.amputee-coalition.org/inmotion/nov_dec_07/history_prosthetics.html>.

Steenhuysen, Julie. "Surgery makes artificial arms easier to control." . Reuters, 10 2009. Web. 12 Nov 2012. <http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/02/10/us-surgery-arms-idUSTRE5197SO20090210>.

Yiu, Stephanie. "To Arms." . Northwestern University, n.d. Web. 12 Nov 2012. <http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/winter2007/feature/kuiken.html>.