I expressed in my previous writing one of my goals in these terms:
[...] To promote the development of cybernetics applied to organ transplants, with the creation of artificial organs, which would avoid the long waits associated purely random events of accidental deaths of likely donors, and also to force the procurement of organs (smuggling) drawing from living sources are not easily controllable (For example, children from Third World countries, where the registrar is approximate, mysteriously disappearing!). [...]
first woman in the world with the bionic arm.
The Bionic Woman
Ms. Mitchell is the 1st woman in the world with a
bionic arm. His had lost in 2004.
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) has shown tremendous progress in the field of rehabilitation presented yesterday Claudia Mitchell, the first woman to be given the RIC technology. The first woman with a bionic arm.
The RIC is a bionic arm to neuro-control, and allows the patient to move the device as a real boom, just thinking. The arm allows patients moviemnti more natural, a wide range of motion and recovery of lost functions: using the knowledge derived from the key first implantation of a bionic arm , executed in Tennessee on Jesse Sullivan, Dr. Kuiken and his team have made significant advances in the area of \u200b\u200bsensory response, so the patient can actually 'feel' even if you are touching hot or cold.
"It 's gratifying to a physicist and a research scientist to reach a level that will produce a positive impact on the lives of amputees, including soldiers and soldiers of our army " , says Dr. Kuiken . " My team and I consider it a great honor to serve our country and citizens with disabilities from around the world. "
To provide the RIC neuro-controlled movement, nerves in the shoulder of the arm amputee are 'redirected' and related to the healthy muscles of the chest: this is called "targeted muscle reinnervation" and allows direct nerve signals directly to the bionic arm, as if it were the arm naturale.Le current artificial arms have only three engines: the bionic arm RIC includes a 6 engine, developed in collaboration with research laboratories around the world use different parts of the prosthesis simultaneously with the aim to recreate the natural movement of the arm.
Ms.Mitchell of Ellicott City is a U.S. Army officer who lost his left arm during a motorcycle accident in 2004. After reading Mr.Sullivan, the first 'planted' in a magazine, Ms. Mitchell has been in contact with the Dr.Kuiken, which he considered a viable candidate and then placed on the list for ' operation in 2005.
With Bionic Arm, Ms.Mitchell manages to have a fuller life: it carries out activities in support of other amputees in the Army National Naval Medical Center and Walter Reed Army Medical Center through his efforts as a volunteer, shares with others his personal message of gratitude and hope to soldiers returning from Iraq with serious injuries ..
"Before surgery, I doubted to be able to get back my life," says Ms.Mitchell. "This bionic arm and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago returned I have a life more rewarding than I ever imagined. I am happy, confident and independent as a military veteran, I hope the Bionic technology provides benefits to all veterans with amputations. "
