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Biomimetical Arm Prosthesis: A New Proposal

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Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices (AHFE 2017)

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In Ecuador, as in the world the most commonly used prostheses are only aesthetic, and the problem with the people that uses them is that they don’t feel fully comfortable and independent with their activities, so in looking for solving this problem, researchers have designed different active prostheses but as the technology advances, these equipment gets more complex, heavy and expensive, so the people who need them doesn’t feel acceptance. The goal of this and the further investigations is development of a new design that can properly integrate the top technologies in a skeletal design which makes natural movements and will improve the quality of life of the people who uses it. This paper analyses the different designs on the available prosthesis and extract from them the best characteristics of the upper limb prostheses design.

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This research was supported by the Biomedical Engineering Investigation Group (GIIB for its acronym in Spanish) and the teachers of Electronic Engineering of the Salesian Polytechnic University who provided insight and expertise that greatly assisted the research, although they may not agree with all the interpretations of this paper. We thank Belen Carrera, medicine student, for assistance with the anatomic knowledge of the human body which lead us to the development of this new proposal. We would also like to show our gratitude to Leonardo Bueno for sharing his pearls of wisdom with us during the course of this research, and we thank to all our classmates for their ideas that helped us developing this paper in a proper way. We are also immensely grateful to Walter Orozco, PhD. And Ítalo Mogrovejo for their comments on an earlier version of the manuscript, although any errors are our own and should not tarnish the reputations of these esteemed persons. This document, together with its application, gives us the opportunity to help other people to go ahead, overcome their physical limitations and regain their confidence in themselves. Engineering gives us the opportunity to learn many things and to engineer others, so engineering students or engineers have the obligation to look for solutions and help our society to get ahead.

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    Daniel Proaño-Guevara, Javier Procel-Feijóo, Johnny Zhingre-Balcazar & Luis Serpa-Andrade

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Proaño-Guevara, D., Procel-Feijóo, J., Zhingre-Balcazar, J., Serpa-Andrade, L. (2018). Biomimetical Arm Prosthesis: A New Proposal. In: Duffy, V., Lightner, N. (eds) Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 590. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60483-1_57

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