Assistive supernumerary grasping with the back of the hand
Jungpyo Lee,Licheng Yu,Lucie Derbier,Hannah S. Stuart,Jungpyo Lee,Licheng Yu,Lucie Derbier,Hannah S. Stuart
The Dorsal Grasper, an assistive wearable grasping device, incorporates supernumerary fingers and an artificial palm with the forearm and back of the hand, respectively. It enables power wrap grasping and adduction pinching with its V-shaped soft fingers. Designed with C6/C7 spinal cord injury in mind, it takes advantage of active wrist extension that remains in this population after injury. We pr...
