PSYONIC - Advances in Commercial Sensorimotor Bionic Prostheses
by Dr. Aadeel Akhtar
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Innovation Grand Rounds
Friday, February 12, 2021
noon – 1:00 p.m. Hear from Aadeel Akhtar
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Reflection & Dialogue
Zoom Call-in: go.illinois.edu/innovationgrandrounds
Abstract:
Commercially available prosthetic hands are fragile, slow, heavy, and difficult to reimburse. Additionally, they do not provide users with touch feedback. PSYONIC's Ability Hand was designed to meet these user needs while also being covered by Medicare in the US. The first part of this talk will focus on the development and features of the multiarticulated PSYONIC Ability Hand. The second part of this talk will focus on our research and developments in both noninvasive and invasive sensorimotor prostheses.
Biography:
When PSYONIC CEO and Founder Dr. Aadeel Akhtar was 7 years old, he met someone with a limb difference for the first time. She was his age, living in poverty in Pakistan, missing her right leg. This inspired him to create PSYONIC, a company whose mission is to develop advanced prostheses that are affordable for everyone. PSYONIC's first product is the Ability Hand--a prosthetic hand that moves all five fingers, is the fastest available, is impact resistant, and gives users a feeling of touch. Dr. Akhtar received his PhD in Neuroscience and MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016. He received a BS in Biology in 2007 and MS in Computer Science in 2008 at Loyola University Chicago.
