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Imec Introduces First Thin-Silicon Implantable Chip for High-Precision Haptic Prosthetics

Future advanced prosthetics under development will provide amputees with rich sensory content from artificial limbs.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Imec announced its success in fabricating a prototype implantable chip that aims to give patients more intuitive control over their arm prosthetics. The thin-silicon chip is a world’s first for electrode density and was developed in collaboration with researchers at the University of Florida, as part of the IMPRESS project funded by the DARPA’s HAPTIX program to create a closed-loop system for future-generation haptic prosthetics technology.   Today, arm prosthetics technologies have been show...

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