Robotic Leg Prothesis Controlled By Patient's Own Leg Nerves | Video

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 17:00 in Health & Medicine

By using the nerves within the patients own legs and a computer algorithm to decode the signals, researchers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago were able to give the patient intuitive control of the prothesis, even when walking up stairs.

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