DARPA-Funded DEKA Arm System Earns FDA Approval

DARPA-Funded DEKA Arm System Earns FDA Approval
Washington DC (SPX) May 13, 2014 - DARPA launched the Revolutionizing Prosthetics program with a radical goal: gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for an advanced electromechanical prosthetic upper limb with near-natural control that enhances independence and improves quality of life for amputees. Today, less than eight years after the effort was launched, that dream is a reality; the FDA approved the DEKA Arm S ... more

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