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ArticleNature biomedical engineering2024

Evoking natural thermal perceptions using a thin-film thermoelectric device with high cooling power density and speed.

Luke E Osborn, Rama Venkatasubramanian, Meiyong Himmtann, Courtney W Moran, Jonathan M Pierce, Priya Gajendiran, Jared M Wormley, Richard J Ung, Harrison H Nguyen, Adam C G Crego and 2 more

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Article in Nature biomedical engineering, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luke E OsbornJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA. luke.osborn@jhuapl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2985-6294
Rama VenkatasubramanianJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA. rama.venkatasubramanian@jhuapl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6818-879X
Meiyong HimmtannJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.
Courtney W MoranJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.
Jonathan M PierceJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.
Priya GajendiranJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.
Jared M WormleyJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.
Richard J UngJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.
Harrison H NguyenJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.
Adam C G CregoJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.
Matthew S FiferJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3425-7552
Robert S ArmigerJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3437-1884
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory · US

Funding

United States Department of Defense | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) HR0011-16-C-0011United States Department of Defense | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Uniformed Services University) HU00011520028United States Department of Defense | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Uniformed Services University) HU00012020062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multimodal sensory feedback from upper-limb prostheses can increase their function and usability. Here we show that intuitive thermal perceptions during cold-object grasping with a prosthesis can be restored in a phantom hand through targeted nerve stimulation via a wearable thin-film thermoelectric device with high cooling power density and speed. We found that specific regions of the residual limb, when thermally stimulated, elicited thermal sensations in the phantom hand that remained stable beyond 48 weeks. We also found stimulation sites that selectively elicited sensations of temperature, touch or both, depending on whether the stimulation was thermal or mechanical. In closed-loop functional tasks involving the identification of cold objects by amputees and by non-amputee participants, and compared with traditional bulk thermoelectric devices, the wearable thin-film device reliably elicited cooling sensations that were up to 8 times faster and up to 3 times greater in intensity while using half the energy and 1/600

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AmputeesWearable Electronic DevicesAdultArtificial LimbsCold TemperatureFeedback, SensoryFemaleHandHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhantom LimbThermosensing

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PMID37500749
OpenAlexW4385302856

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