Center for Bionic Medicine (CBM), Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA

Amanda Kitts, 40, from Knoxville, TN, demonstrates advanced hand control of the DEKA Research arm in a study at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Amanda lost her left arm in an automobile accident and had the targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) procedure in 2006. Video courtesy of The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and DEKA Research.

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RIC research subject, Zac Vawter, 31, demonstrates the first neural-controlled bionic leg which he will use to climb 103 floors of Willis Tower in the fourth annual SkyRise Chicago event on Nov. 4, 2012. The leg has a motorized knee and ankle and is controlled by the subject's own neural signals.

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A team of researchers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) demonstrated a type of peripheral interface called targeted muscle re-innervation (TMR). By rewiring nerves from amputated limbs, new interfaces allow for prosthetic control with existing muscles. Former Army Staff Sgt. Glen Lehman, injured in Iraq, recently demonstrated improved TMR technology. In this video, Lehman demonstrates simultaneous joint control of a prosthetic arm made possible by support from the RE-NET program.

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Rerouting important sensory nerves during a leg amputation has allowed a man to walk and climb stairs again using his robotic limb
Read more: "Man controls new prosthetic leg using thought alone"

by Colin Barras
September 25, 2013

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Animation describing the world's first thought-controlled bionic leg unveiled by Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

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