Browsing MEC Symposium Conference Proceedings by Subject "wrist"

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EVALUATION OF A NEW FLEXION WRIST INTEGRATED WITH ELECTRIC HAND

Sears, Harold H.; Iversen, Edwin K.; Archer, Shawn (Myoelectric Symposium, 2002)

A new electric hand has been developed which integrates flexion/extension into an electric hand, with no increase in length over standard-length electric or body-powered hands. The development* has included a field trial ...
OPTIMAL FIXED WRIST ALIGNMENT FOR BELOW-ELBOW, POWERED, PROSTHETIC HANDS

Landry, John S.; Biden, Edmund N. (Myoelectric Symposium, 2002)

Generally, a prosthetic wrist has one degree of freedom in a supination/pronation sense. Some do allow bending of the wrist [1-4], however, due to the complexity of integration and operation, they are not as commonly ...
SILICONE BLADDER SUSPENSION FOR THE WRIST DISARTICULATION LEVEL AMPUTEE USING A MINI PUMP SYSTEM TO ALTER VOLUMETRIC PRESSURE INSIDE THE SOCKET

Mikosz, Matthew J. (Myoelectric Symposium, 2005)

The purpose of this article is to describe an alternative fitting technique for the wrist disarticulation amputee. The socket design utilizes a silicone bladder contained in a sealed chamber with a one-way expulsion valve ...