Bionic Limbs




Companies

Many companies make robotic body parts for people in need. For example, two well known companies, Mobius Bionics and Ekso Bionics each have their own way of helping people in need.

Mobius Bionics was founded in 2016 by Dean Kamen. His goal was to help "service members who have lost limbs face a daily struggle unimaginable to most of us."
Mobius Bionics

Ekso Bionics was founded in 2005 in Berkeley, California. It is the leading exoskeleton company that offers technologies that can help people with "paralysis to stand up and walk, enhance worker capabilities globally, and provide research for the advancement of R&D projects intended to benefit U.S. defense capabilities."
Ekso Bionics



The LUKE Arm

The LUKE Arm is currently the ONLY commercially available "prosthesis with a powered shoulder." It's arm features ten powered joints which include; the Shoulder Abduction and Adduction, Shoulder Flexion and Extension, Humeral Rotation, Elbow Flexion and Extension, Wrist Pronation and Supination, Thumb Abduction and Adduction, Thumb Flexion and Extension, Flexion and Extension of Other Fingers, and Index Finger Flexion and Extension.

The LUKE Arm also contains multiple grip patterns, that can vary from a power grip to a fine pinch grip.

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EksoNR

The EksoNR is a wearable exoskeleton that was designed to help people stand and walk during rehabiliation. EksoNR gived the necessary support to the "spine, trunk, and legs including hip, knee, and ankle joints."

There are many features to the EksoNR. For example, the EksoNR can capture data by viewing data-specific walking times, distances, and speed for easier analysis. It can also help with posture support (by helping patients bear their own weight) and clinician control (by setting "training targets and modify[ing] assistance levels in real time for each leg."

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