Upper Limb Prosthetics

GENERAL

Advances in arm prosthetics: http://www.amputee-coalition.org/inmotion/may_jun_99/armprosth.html

Cutting Edge Prosthetic Arms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6R5bm6qx2E


SOCKET AND INTERFACE DESIGN

The High Fidelity Interface
               http://www.oandp.com/articles/2010-08_03.asp
               http://www.oandpbusinessnews.com/view.aspx?rid=77335
               http://www.biodesigns.com/hifi.html

PhysioNetics Receives NIH Grant for Work on Low-Cost Upper-Limb Socket
The O&P EDGE - September 17, 2010  http://www.oandp.com/articles/news_2010-09-17_02.asp 


RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

DARPA Revolutionizes Prosthetics: How and Why? 
The O&P EDGE - November 2007 http://www.oandp.com/articles/2007-11_01.asp

Armed for the Future: DARPA’s Revolutionizing Prosthetics Project Nears Completion The O&P EDGE - December 2009  http://www.oandp.com/articles/2009-12_02.asp

DARPA’s RP Arms in Transition: From Miracle into Reality   
http://www.oandp.com/articles/2011-05_01.asp

DARPA's next prosthetic arm will connect to your brain
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/27/darpas-next-prosthetic-arm-will-connect-to-your-brain/

TMR Surgery, Therapy, and Prosthetics: Synchronizing Success 
The O&P EDGE - April 2010  http://www.oandp.com/articles/2010-04_03.asp

RIC Announces Preliminary Results Demonstrating Neural Control in Lower-Limb Amputees 
The O&P EDGE - April 20, 2011  http://www.oandp.com/articles/news_2011-04-20_01.asp

Open Prosthetics Project--a collection of people dedicated to producing useful innovations in the field of prosthetics and freely sharing the designs.  http://openprosthetics.org 
current projects: http://openprosthetics.wikispot.org/


COMMUNITY 

Girl Scout Team Wins Inaugural Global Innovation Award for Creation of Cost-Effective Prosthetic Hand http://www.oandp.com/articles/NEWS_2011-04-21_01.asp

College Students Make Prosthetic Arm for Kindergartener
http://www.oandp.com/articles/NEWS_2011-05-25_02.asp


PATIENT STORIES

Unquenchable Spirit: The Cameron Clapp Story The O&P EDGE - February 2006  http://www.oandp.com/articles/2006-02_01.asp

Roger Thomas: A Light-Year Leap The O&P EDGE - January 2011
http://www.oandp.com/articles/2011-01_07.asp