TMR

TMR or targeted muscle re-innervation is a method of allowing an artificial or virtual arm, to respond as an organic arm would to sub-conscious thought patterns. TMR works by rewiring nerve endings.

Surgeons cut the nerves serving chest muscles that once helped support and move the missing limb. These are, after all, no-longer needed. Then they separate out the motor nerves in the arm stump that used to control the patient's arm and connect them to the chest muscle instead. This gives the nerves ample blood supply to keep working. When the patient goes to move their arm or hand, the nerves in the chest muscle fire, sending the signal to the ?arm?, and the signal is picked up, and deciphered by a sensor which tells the prosthetic how to move.

Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.

Brain Machine Interface Brain-Machine Interface Event Related Potential FES Functional Electrical Stimulation Lower Extremity Functional Electrical Stimulation

Neuromusclar Electrical Stimulation NMES Smart Prosthetic Targeted Muscle Re-Innervation

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