KSL: Bionic Hands Aren’t Just for Luke Skywalker

KSL recently featured the first participant to take a nerve-connected bionic hand home for an extended trial, an important milestone for Biologic Input Output Systems (BIOS) and our partners at the University of Utah’s NeuroRobotics Lab.

The neural interface used in the study is the technology BIOS is developing.

Avi Davidson, a therapist from Tampa, Florida, lost his left hand in an accident as a teenager. Over the years he tried several powered prosthetic hands but kept going back to a simple hook, because none of them felt natural to control.

Davidson has gone from relearning basic tasks like making a sandwich to handling small objects, picking out individual candies, and holding his wife’s hand. “I’m going to be able to actually feel with my hand,” he told KSL before the trial.

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