Human Arm Replacement
In New Procedure, Artificial Arm Listens to Brain
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/health/research/11arm.html
By PAM BELLUCK
Amanda Kitts lost her left arm in a car accident three years ago, but these days she plays football with
her 12-year-old son, and changes diapers and bearhugs children at the three Kiddie Cottage day care
centers she owns in Knoxville, Tenn.
Ms. Kitts, 40, does this all with a new kind of artificial arm that moves more easily than other devices
and that she can control by using only her thoughts.
"I'm able to move my hand, wrist and elbow all at the same time,"
she said. "You think, and then your muscles move."
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In New Procedure, Artificial Arm Listens to Brain
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/health/research/11arm.html
By PAM BELLUCK
Amanda Kitts lost her left arm in a car accident three years ago, but these days she plays football with
her 12-year-old son, and changes diapers and bearhugs children at the three Kiddie Cottage day care
centers she owns in Knoxville, Tenn.
Ms. Kitts, 40, does this all with a new kind of artificial arm that moves more easily than other devices
and that she can control by using only her thoughts.
"I'm able to move my hand, wrist and elbow all at the same time,"
she said. "You think, and then your muscles move."
Next
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