The Icelandic company Össur has introduced the first mind-controlled bionic prosthetic lower limbs for amputees. Two amputees have been using the ground breaking technology for a year and their experience has been very positive.
The users are able to control their Bionic prosthetic legs with their thoughts, thanks to tiny implanted myoelectric sensors that have been surgically placed in their residual muscle tissue. The sensor, provided by the Alfred Mann Foundation, instantaneously triggers the desired movement, via a receiver located inside the prosthesis.
“Mind-controlled Bionic prosthetic legs are a remarkable clinical breakthrough in next-generation Bionic technology,” says Jón Sigurðsson, Össur’s president & CEO. “By adapting not only to the individual’s intentional movements but to intuitive actions, we are closer than ever to creating prosthetics that are truly integrated with their user.”
Dr. Thorvaldur Ingvarsson, M.D., Ph.D, the orthopaedic surgeon who leads Össur’s research and development efforts and spearheaded the mind-controlled prosthetics project points out that the technology allows the user’s experience with their prosthesis to become more intuitive and integrative.
“The result is the instantaneous physical movement of the prosthesis however the amputee intended. They no longer need to think about their movements because their unconscious reflexes are automatically converted into myoelectric impulses that control their Bionic prosthesis,” he explains.
Össur is an Icelandic company that develops and designs prosthetic solutions.
The Icelandic company Össur has introduced the first mind-controlled bionic prosthetic lower limbs for amputees. Two amputees have been using the ground breaking technology for a year and their experience has been very positive.
The users are able to control their Bionic prosthetic legs with their thoughts, thanks to tiny implanted myoelectric sensors that have been surgically placed in their residual muscle tissue. The sensor, provided by the Alfred Mann Foundation, instantaneously triggers the desired movement, via a receiver located inside the prosthesis.
“Mind-controlled Bionic prosthetic legs are a remarkable clinical breakthrough in next-generation Bionic technology,” says Jón Sigurðsson, Össur’s president & CEO. “By adapting not only to the individual’s intentional movements but to intuitive actions, we are closer than ever to creating prosthetics that are truly integrated with their user.”
Dr. Thorvaldur Ingvarsson, M.D., Ph.D, the orthopaedic surgeon who leads Össur’s research and development efforts and spearheaded the mind-controlled prosthetics project points out that the technology allows the user’s experience with their prosthesis to become more intuitive and integrative.
“The result is the instantaneous physical movement of the prosthesis however the amputee intended. They no longer need to think about their movements because their unconscious reflexes are automatically converted into myoelectric impulses that control their Bionic prosthesis,” he explains.
Össur is an Icelandic company that develops and designs prosthetic solutions.
