A History of Knowledge and Production in Powered Prosthetic Arms
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2026
CRC Press (Verlag)
9781041103585 (ISBN)
CRC Press (Verlag)
9781041103585 (ISBN)
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This book presents a narrative history of the field of powered upper limbs, as well as providing an examination of how scientific research, innovation and design influenced the emergence of powered upper limbs from 1945 to present. The author focuses on the R&D and innovation practices that led to novel commercial products during the period.
This book presents a narrative and social science history of the powered upper limb prostheses. It examines how research, innovation and design changed in the prosthetics industry from 1945 to the present.
A History of Knowledge and Production in Powered Prosthetic Arms opens with a history of artificial upper limb making from ancient Egypt to 1945. It surveys the transition from early modern iron hands to eighteenth century realistic looking prostheses, influenced by the new ideas about rehabilitation, politeness, disability and aesthetic improvement. The book traces the evolution of these ideas as well as Enlightenment visions of scientific discovery of the body and its application in reproducing nature through technological progress. In the twentieth century it shows the transition from the craft design of upper limbs to university and clinic-based interdisciplinary methods in the production of new electric and gas prosthetic arms and hands. It contains case studies on commercial limbs developed at MIT, Ottobock, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of New Brunswick, Ontario Centre for Crippled Children, Princess Margaret Rose Hospital and the University of Utah.
The book will be of interest to undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty members and professionals interested in in biomedical engineering, prosthetics, rehabilitation, occupational therapy and the history of science, technology medicine and disability.
This book presents a narrative and social science history of the powered upper limb prostheses. It examines how research, innovation and design changed in the prosthetics industry from 1945 to the present.
A History of Knowledge and Production in Powered Prosthetic Arms opens with a history of artificial upper limb making from ancient Egypt to 1945. It surveys the transition from early modern iron hands to eighteenth century realistic looking prostheses, influenced by the new ideas about rehabilitation, politeness, disability and aesthetic improvement. The book traces the evolution of these ideas as well as Enlightenment visions of scientific discovery of the body and its application in reproducing nature through technological progress. In the twentieth century it shows the transition from the craft design of upper limbs to university and clinic-based interdisciplinary methods in the production of new electric and gas prosthetic arms and hands. It contains case studies on commercial limbs developed at MIT, Ottobock, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of New Brunswick, Ontario Centre for Crippled Children, Princess Margaret Rose Hospital and the University of Utah.
The book will be of interest to undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty members and professionals interested in in biomedical engineering, prosthetics, rehabilitation, occupational therapy and the history of science, technology medicine and disability.
Dr. Foord is an associate professor at the University of New Brunswick. He has authored histories of the upper limb powered prosthetics industry, US carbon black industry, Canadian telegraph, telephone and electric power industries and science, technology and innovation policy. He has published social studies of science, technology and innovation in the power generation, electric utility, biomedical engineering and carbon licensing industries.
Introduction
Definitions and Concepts
A Long History of Artificial Arms
A Transnational History of Powered Upper Limbs, 1945-2020
The Boston Arm
Ottobock Arms and Hands
Pattern Recognition and Target Muscle Reinnervation
Myoelectric Control and Arms for Children
i-limb
Utah Arm
New Directions
Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.5.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 15 Halftones, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Unfallchirurgie / Orthopädie |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781041103585 / 9781041103585 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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