Proprioceptive Feedback System For Lower Limb Amputees

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Engineering, 2004-05

Liaison(s): William Wiessman M.D., Geoffrey Ling M.D., Adrian Urias ’99/00
Advisor(s): Ziyad H. Duron ’81
Students(s): Sophia Huynh, Lisa Jacobs (TL), Atsushi Kobayashi, GeorgeKorir (S), Karen Shi (F), Chris Wottawa

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding the development of a rehabilitation device which utilizes mechanical feedback to provide lower limb amputees proprioceptive information from their prosthesis and its interaction with the outside environment. The Clinic team has designed and developed a prototype unit which mimics proprioceptor functions and provides the patient sensory feedback regarding location of the prosthetic in time and space.