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Current Technology- Intro

AMI surgery to provide most natural feedback yet for prosthetics in lower legs. - Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface- Apply techniques of AMI surgery to improve hand prosthetics.

How many people are affected?50,000 arm and hand amputations in the US each year.

Healthcare costsLife time health care costs for people living with prosthetics is $509,275 compared to $361, 200 for people without limb loss.

Other background informationReplacing a hand with a prosthetic is traditionally very difficult because there are so many nerves, tendons, and muscles in the hand that control the fingers and are connected to the arm. Current Technology/Treatment AMI treatment- At the point of amputation, two muscle grafts are connected end to end and put on the endpoint of amputation which are then connected to the severed nerve ends so when the prosthetic moves, the two muscle grafts contract and stretch, sending feedback through the connected nerves.

Why it isn’t good enough

Surgery provides adequate prosthetics for lower limbs, but leaves a lot to be desired for arm/hand prosthetics.

Our Technology-Connecting AIM surgery and other forms of feedback surgery and applying to tendons/bones in the arm and hand. - Currently hand and arm prosthetics do not incorporate this technique, giving leg prosthetics a much more realistic feel.-Will allow arm prosthetics to incorporate better feel, control, and efficiency.

https://dam-prod.media.mit.edu/x/2018/07/03/ClitesSTM2018.pdfhttps://accessprosthetics.com/15-limb-loss-statistics-may-surprise/

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