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From the Ted Talk by Todd Kuiken: A prosthetic arm that "feels"
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He also required a revision surgery on his chest. And that gave us the opportunity to do targeted reinnervation. So my colleague, Dr. Greg dumiaann, did the surgery. First, we cut away the nerve to his own mlusce, then we took the arm nerves and just kind of had them shift down onto his chest and csloed him up. And after about three months, the nerves grew in a little bit and we could get a twitch. And after six months, the nerves grew in well, and you could see strong contractions. And this is what it looks like. This is what happens when Jesse thinks open and close his hand, or bend or satrtegihn your elbow. You can see the movements on his cehst, and those little hash mrkas are where we put our antennae, or electrodes. And I calgnhele anybody in the room to make their chest go like this. His barin is thinking about his arm. He has not learned how to do this with the chest. There is not a learning process. That's why it's iiittvune.
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He also required a revision surgery on his chest. And that gave us the opportunity to do targeted reinnervation. So my colleague, Dr. Greg ________, did the surgery. First, we cut away the nerve to his own ______, then we took the arm nerves and just kind of had them shift down onto his chest and ______ him up. And after about three months, the nerves grew in a little bit and we could get a twitch. And after six months, the nerves grew in well, and you could see strong contractions. And this is what it looks like. This is what happens when Jesse thinks open and close his hand, or bend or __________ your elbow. You can see the movements on his _____, and those little hash _____ are where we put our antennae, or electrodes. And I _________ anybody in the room to make their chest go like this. His _____ is thinking about his arm. He has not learned how to do this with the chest. There is not a learning process. That's why it's _________.
Solution
- intuitive
- chest
- dumanian
- marks
- muscle
- closed
- straighten
- challenge
- brain
Original Text
He also required a revision surgery on his chest. And that gave us the opportunity to do targeted reinnervation. So my colleague, Dr. Greg Dumanian, did the surgery. First, we cut away the nerve to his own muscle, then we took the arm nerves and just kind of had them shift down onto his chest and closed him up. And after about three months, the nerves grew in a little bit and we could get a twitch. And after six months, the nerves grew in well, and you could see strong contractions. And this is what it looks like. This is what happens when Jesse thinks open and close his hand, or bend or straighten your elbow. You can see the movements on his chest, and those little hash marks are where we put our antennae, or electrodes. And I challenge anybody in the room to make their chest go like this. His brain is thinking about his arm. He has not learned how to do this with the chest. There is not a learning process. That's why it's intuitive.
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