Hcs 212 Article Review
Article Review
Kameasha Slaughter
HCS/212
December 16, 2013
Ms. Lisa A. Williams
Article Review
While reviewing the article Health Care Technology Today by Authors Hargrove L, Simon AM, Young AJ., Martinez-Perez B, De Le Torre-Diez I, and Lopez-Coronado M. The writer was able to gain knowledge on advances and proposals in health care technology. The advances in prosthetic limbs, blood pressure and heart-rate monitoring, Health sensors and the applications. Being that the writer has been working in the medical field, the writer found these advances in technology very interesting. The writer is a Certified Nursing Assistant and has experience working with residents/patients with prosthetic legs, hypotension and hypertension that would benefit from …show more content…
Hargrove, Simon, and Young, discuss how a prosthetic limb can be controlled a persons’ thoughts. In order for the prosthetic to work the patients undergo targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR), Muscle reinnervation redirects nerves from damaged muscle from the amputated limb to the healthy hamstring muscle above the knee. (Hargrove, Simon, and Young, 2013) After the computer program discovers and investigates data from the sensors then sends the signal to the robotic leg to perform the action the patient is trying to do. The computer programmers found that it is safer to use muscle signals than it is to use robotic signals.
According to the project lead scientist at the RIC’s Center for bionic Medicine Levi Hargrove. This new bionic leg features incredible intelligent engineering. It learns and performs activities unprecedented for any leg amputee including transitions between sitting walking, going up and down stairs, ramps, and repositioning the leg while sitting down. The Army’s
Kameasha Slaughter
HCS/212
December 16, 2013
Ms. Lisa A. Williams
Article Review
While reviewing the article Health Care Technology Today by Authors Hargrove L, Simon AM, Young AJ., Martinez-Perez B, De Le Torre-Diez I, and Lopez-Coronado M. The writer was able to gain knowledge on advances and proposals in health care technology. The advances in prosthetic limbs, blood pressure and heart-rate monitoring, Health sensors and the applications. Being that the writer has been working in the medical field, the writer found these advances in technology very interesting. The writer is a Certified Nursing Assistant and has experience working with residents/patients with prosthetic legs, hypotension and hypertension that would benefit from …show more content…
Hargrove, Simon, and Young, discuss how a prosthetic limb can be controlled a persons’ thoughts. In order for the prosthetic to work the patients undergo targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR), Muscle reinnervation redirects nerves from damaged muscle from the amputated limb to the healthy hamstring muscle above the knee. (Hargrove, Simon, and Young, 2013) After the computer program discovers and investigates data from the sensors then sends the signal to the robotic leg to perform the action the patient is trying to do. The computer programmers found that it is safer to use muscle signals than it is to use robotic signals.
According to the project lead scientist at the RIC’s Center for bionic Medicine Levi Hargrove. This new bionic leg features incredible intelligent engineering. It learns and performs activities unprecedented for any leg amputee including transitions between sitting walking, going up and down stairs, ramps, and repositioning the leg while sitting down. The Army’s