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Revisional augmentation of residual neuromusculature and training facilitate embodiment and control of a bionic knee prosthesis

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By Tony Shu, John McCullough, Francesca Riccio-Ackerman
| medRxiv
H.H. and M.J.C. are inventors on patents related to the agonist-antagonist myoneural interface and amputation paradigm, including international patent application WO2015061453A1 ("Peripheral neural interface via nerve regeneration to distal tissues") and WO2017120484A1 ("Method and system for providing proprioceptive feedback and functionality mitigating limb pathology"), filed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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Francesca Riccio-Ackerman Works to Improve Access to Prosthetics

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By Kara Baskin Verified, Francesca Riccio-Ackerman
| mit.edu
By Kara Baskin In Sierra Leone, war and illness have left up to 40,000 people requiring orthotics and prosthetics services, but there is a profound lack of access to specialized care, says Francesca Riccio-Ackerman, a biomedical engineer and PhD student studying health equity and health systems. There is just one fully certified prosthetist available for the thousands of patients in the African nation who are living with amputation, she notes.
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