Thursday, June 2, 2011

Prosthetics users receive online assistance with i-LIMB

From The Buffalo News:Sue Muscarella (pictured), who was born with a right arm that ends just below her elbow, was fitted with her first prosthetic limb at age 2.Her newest prosthesis, the i-LIMB Hand, employs a miniature computer and sensors that allow her to open and close the fingers of the hand, and to turn her wrist, by flexing her arm.When Muscarella wanted to learn how to control the