An extremely lightweight fingernail worn prosthetic interface device

Oguz Yetkin; Simranjit Ahluwalia; Dinithi Silva; Isioma Kasi-Okonye; Rachael Volker; Joshua R. Baptist; Dan O. Popa

doi:10.1117/12.2235567

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17 May 2016 An extremely lightweight fingernail worn prosthetic interface device

Oguz Yetkin, Simranjit Ahluwalia, Dinithi Silva, Isioma Kasi-Okonye, Rachael Volker, Joshua R. Baptist, Dan O. Popa

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Proceedings Volume 9859, Sensors for Next-Generation Robotics III; 98590J (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2235567
Event: SPIE Commercial + Scientific Sensing and Imaging, 2016, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Upper limb prosthetics are currently operated using several electromyography sensors mounted on an amputee’s residual limb. In order for any prosthetic driving interface to be widely adopted, it needs to be responsive, lightweight, and out of the way when not being used. In this paper we discuss the possibility of replacing such electrodes with fingernail optical sensor systems mounted on the sound limb. We present a prototype device that can detect pinch gestures and communicate with the prosthetic system. The device detects the relative position of fingers to each other by measuring light transmitted via tissue. Applications are not limited to prosthetic control, but can be extended to other human-machine interfaces.

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Oguz Yetkin, Simranjit Ahluwalia, Dinithi Silva, Isioma Kasi-Okonye, Rachael Volker, Joshua R. Baptist, and Dan O. Popa "An extremely lightweight fingernail worn prosthetic interface device", Proc. SPIE 9859, Sensors for Next-Generation Robotics III, 98590J (17 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2235567

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