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Progress in the development of a system to provide sensory feedback of the pinch force of an artificial hand is described. Design criteria relating to electrocutaneous stimulation and compatibility with myoelectric control are discussed. Details of a practical system, presently in use by two amputees prior to full-scale clinical evaluation, are presented.
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Scott, R.N., Brittain, R.H., Caldwell, R.R. et al. Sensory-feedback system compatible with myoelectric control. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 18, 65–69 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442481
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