Provides a comprehensive update on developments in the field of neuroprosthesis
Is vital reading for students and researchers as well as engineers and entrepreneurs

Describes the challenges that are limiting the clinical use of these new technologies, such as the durability of implanted materials

Provides a comprehensive update on developments in the field of neuroprosthesis Is vital reading for students and researchers as well as engineers and entrepreneurs Describes the challenges that are limiting the clinical use of these new technologies, such as the durability of implanted materials

Autorentext

Ramana Vinjamuri received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Kakatiya University (India) in 2002. He received his MS in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University in 2004 specialized in Bioinstrumentation. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2008 specialized in Dimensionality Reduction in Control and Coordination of Human Hand from the University of Pittsburgh. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow (2008-2012) in the field of Brain Machine Interfaces (BMI) to control prosthesis in the School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. He worked as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University (2012-2013). He is currently a Harvey N Davis Distinguished Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2019. He also holds a secondary appointment as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Indian Institute ofTechnology, Hyderabad, India.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Application of reinforcement and deep learning techniques in brain machine interfaces.- Chapter 2: Specific muscle activation patterns in athletic and orthopedic populations: considerations for using surface electromyography in assistive and biofeedback device applications.- Chapter 3: Kineto-dynamic modeling of human upper limb for robotic manipulators and assistive applications.- Chapter 4: Learning from the human hand: force control and perception using a soft-synergy prosthetic hand and non-invasive haptic feedback.- Chapter 5: Design of a soft glove-based robotic hand exoskeleton with embedded synergies.- Chapter 6: Model predictive control based knee actuator allocation during a standing-up motion with a powered exoskeleton and functional electrical stimulation.- Chapter 7: Deep brain stimulation for gait and postural disturbances in Parkinson's disease.- Chapter 8: Cognitive and physiological intent for the adaptationof motor prostheses.- Index.