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Jesse Sullivan Operates a Bionic Arm with his Brain at RIC (no sound)

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Uploaded by on Feb 10, 2009

Jesse Sullivan, 61, from Dayton, TN, demonstrates advanced, multi-degree control of the DEKA Research arm at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Sullivan, who lost his arms in an electrical accident in 2001, was the first person to receive the targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) procedure in 2001. Video courtesy of The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and DEKA Research. Learn more at www.ric.org/bionic.

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  • is that hand strong enough to break a neck? Just wondering.

  • Whoa. That's awesome! Now, if you'll all excuse me, I've got an arm to lose.

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  • Cool, now he can play Deus Ex HR.

  • fucking amazing, real breakthrough for amputees.

  • @xyntota The flesh is weak, but the machine spirit is willing.

  • Adeptus Mechanicus soon

  • in a few years, a decade at worst, there will be fully functional and maybe better-than-the-original mecha-arms for those who need them, and have the money for it, of course. in another decade they may well be as common as wheelchairs, for reasonable price.

  • its da terminator run

  • Hi people, all jokes aside, interested primarily in the shoulders only. Can this be applied to a shoulder only instead if a prosthetic replacement which has a maximum lift of 5Kgs. Can the shoulder be applied especially if the arms and everything else is pefectly healthy but the shoulder joint and cartlidge are badly worn out due to trauma and attempted repair work through bodybuilding.

  • @nashertheatheist you could be right, but the surgeon behind this talked to me friday and from what i see happening this could actually be better AND more common in the next 10

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