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System and method for improving the functionality of prostheses

  • US 20070038311A1
  • Filed: 08/11/2006
  • Published: 02/15/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for providing sensory feedback from an external prosthesis to an amputee by performing the steps of:

  • reinnervating a portion of the skin of the amputee with nerves that formerly provided sensory feedback from a lost limb replaced by the prosthesis;

    providing a sensory indication from the prosthesis; and

    using the sensory indication to produce a corresponding sensory condition adjacent the surface of the reinnervated skin to provide the sensory feedback to the amputee.

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