The loss of rich sensory inputs has a major impact on the quality of life of amputees, leading to debilitating levels of phantom limb pain and the abandonment of their prostheses. The TNE Lab recently developed a method to restore temperature sensations in upper-limb amputees. The participants could perceive objects at different temperatures, made of various materials, and recognize the warmth of someone’s hand. This project seeks to improve the current research prototype for home use.
- Field: Neuroprosthetics, sensory feedback
- Laboratory: Translational Neural Engineering Lab (STI-TNE)
- Project leaders: Solaiman Shokur and Jonathan Muheim
- Budget: 29’000.00 CHF