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Learning Tracks - The Bionic Arm

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Dr. Gregory Dumanian describes his pioneering work developing prosthetic limbs that are controlled through nerve transfer in "The Bionic Arm" -- recorded at 2009's A Day with Northwestern in Evanston.


61:19 minutes (24.56 MB)

Dr. Gregory Dumanian is a respected plastic surgeon in his native Chicago. As part of a collaborative project between Northwestern's Division of Plastic Surgery and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, he is pioneering more intuitive controls for amputees' prosthetic limbs. Dr. Dumanian's work was the subject of the session "The Bionic Arm: How Nerve Transfers Improve Control in Prosthetics."