Ortiz Catalan (left) and Brånemark (right) with the first patient treated with the osseointegrated implant system for neural control. Photographs courtesy of Max Ortiz-Catalan et al., Science Translational Medicine, 2014.
In January 2013, a gentleman from Sweden who had undergone a transhumeral amputation more than ten years prior, was the first person in the world to receive a prosthesis with a direct connection to bone, nerves, and muscles. An article about this achievement and its long-term stability was published October 8 in the Science Translational Medicine journal. Click here to see the arm in action.
