Video: Austrian patient uses the thought of controlling the prosthetic hand

Three Austrian men became the first in the world to be fitted with thought-controlled robotic arms, based on electronic restructuring technology.

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IB Times yesterday said that these three people have problems in the arm nerve network, causing the function of the arm parts to be affected.

According to the research team at the Vienna University of Medicine, Austria and the Göttingen Medical Center, Germany, electronic restructuring is a technology that combines selective muscle and nerve transmission, amputation and a set of Advanced prosthesis.

Patients use prosthetic hands.(Photo taken from video)

Initially, patients received deep cognitive training for 9 months. They get used to the brain using electrical signals to manipulate virtual hands on a computer screen and gradually switch to a fake hand attached to a device. When they are in control, the doctor will amputate the broken arm. The prosthetic hand is then connected directly to the arm and nerve.

The prosthetic hand contains sensors that respond to mechanical electromagnetic impulses. When the brain is trained to control prosthetics, within three months, the patient can perform everyday tasks such as using keys, pouring water, using a knife to cut or handle objects. .

"The scientific progress here is that we can create and separate nerve signals. These signals are encoded and translated into functions of electronic hands , " said Professor Aszmann, a member of the research team. good.