Jesse Sullivan

Jesse Sullivan (born c. 1951) is an American electrician best known for operating a fully robotic limb through a nerve-muscle graft, making him one of the first non-fictional cyborgs.

His bionic arm, a prototype developed by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, differs from most other prostheses, in that it does not use pull cables or nub switches to function and instead uses micro-computers to perform a much wider range of complex motions. It is also the first prototype which enables him to actually sense pressure.

History

As an electrician, Jesse Sullivan accidentally touched an active cable that contained 7,000-7,500 volts of electricity. In May 2001, he had to have both his arms amputated at the shoulder.

Seven weeks after the amputation, Jesse Sullivan received matching bionic prostheses from Dr. Todd Kuiken of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Originally, they were operated from neural signals at the amputation sites, but Jesse Sullivan developed hyper-sensitivity from his skin grafts, causing great discomfort in those areas. Jesse Sullivan underwent neural surgery to graft nerves, which originally led to his arm, to his chest. The sensors for his bionic arms have been moved to the left side of his chest to receive signals from the newly grafted nerve endings.

While the prototype is being strengthened, Jesse Sullivan does day-to-day tasks using an older model.

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gollark: (It has A76 cores, which are at least competitive with my outdated x86 server)
gollark: This is of course why I excitedly await RK3588-based ones, due to RK3588 good.
gollark: Single board computers are still on A73s or worse.
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See also

References
  • "Bionic arm 'transformed my life'" - BBC News
  • "Man With $6 Million 'Bionic' Arm" - ABCNews
  • Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
  • "The security mechanism project". PBTP Locksmith Chicago Group. 2010-09-21.
  • Poovey, Bill (2006-09-14). "Man's fake arm provides hope for GIs". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2006-09-14.


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