Motorcycle Crash Closes I-205 Early This Morning

New prosthetic: Man controls bionic leg with thoughts

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Motorcycle rider dies in crash with school bus

Sgt. Jason Halifax says the crash happened just before 7 a.m. Thursday at an intersection in northeast Des Moines. About 20 students were on the bus. A few North High School students and the bus driver were taken to a police office for interviews while the other children were moved to another bus and driven to school. Counselors were available to talk with students about the crash. Police were withholding the name of the motorcycle rider until relatives could be notified.
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And the lower leg prosthetics that do have motors are either controlled by a remote, or require the patient to perform exaggerated movements (like kicking their leg very far back) before changing activities, Hargrove said. [ Video: Robotic Leg Prosthesis Controlled with Thoughts ] How it works When a person thinks about moving their lower limb, a signal from the brain is sent down the spinal cord and through nerves to muscles in the leg, Hargrove said. But when an amputation occurs, nerve signals that would have gone to the knee or ankle, for instance, aren't able to deliver their message to muscle. To overcome this problem, the researchers first performed a surgery on Vawter to redirect his nerve signals, so that signals that would have gone to the lower leg instead go to the healthy hamstring muscle, in the top part of his leg. Then, electrodes were placed on his leg to detect electrical signals from the muscle contractions. A computer program decodes the signals to interpret the patient's movement. Mechanical sensors on the robotic leg (including an accelerometer and a gyroscope) also collect data to help with control.
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