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Improvements on the Design of the S-Finger Prosthetic Digit

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Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation III (ICNR 2018)

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Abstract

Partial hand amputations are the most common amputations worldwide, yet their prostheses, especially battery-powered ones, are only slowly progressing. As a result, only few clinical solutions are available. We developed a prototype of a powered prosthetic finger (dubbed S-Finger) that is equipped with a mechanical transmission alternative to the already available solutions which comprises of a miniaturized non-back drivable mechanism. Here we present the design criteria and the details of an optimized design that comprises of a non-backdrivable mechanism and a miniaturized Oldham joint.

This work was supported by the National Workers’ Compensation (INAIL) under the PPR 1/2 AS – CECA2020 grant.

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  1. The BioRobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, 56025, Pontedera, PI, Italy

    J. Brand, I. Imbinto, M. Bacchereti, C. Cipriani & M. Controzzi

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  1. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Lorenzo Masia

  2. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Translational Neural Engineering Area, The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy

    Silvestro Micera

  3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, TX, USA

    Metin Akay

  4. Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    José L. Pons

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Brand, J., Imbinto, I., Bacchereti, M., Cipriani, C., Controzzi, M. (2019). Improvements on the Design of the S-Finger Prosthetic Digit. In: Masia, L., Micera, S., Akay, M., Pons, J. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation III. ICNR 2018. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 21. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01845-0_24

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