This is a presentation I gave in my 5th Semester of Engineering.

1. PROSTHETIC ARM USING
ACUPUNCTURE/ACUPRESS
URE

2. WHAT IS ACUPUNCTURE?
• STAB YOURSELF WITH A DAGGER. (ON A MINUTE SCALE)
• ACUPUNCTURE INVOLVES THE INSERTION OF VERY THIN NEEDLES
THROUGH THE PATIENT'S SKIN AT SPECIFIC POINTS ON THE BODY THE NEEDLES ARE INSERTED TO VARIOUS DEPTHS.
• ACUPRESSURE IS SIMILAR BUT INVOLVES APPLYING PRESSURE ON
CERTAIN PARTS OF THE PATIENT’S BODY

3. SPECIFICATIONS…(SCOPE OF THE
PROJECT)
• PEOPLE WITH COMPLETE ARM BUT DEAD MUSCLES. ( RECENTLY AFFECTED )
• WE HAVE KEPT IN MIND THAT PROSTHETIC LIMBS ARE EXPENSIVE SO THIS
IMPROVEMENT IS NOT FOR EVERYONE BUT FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD
THE TREATMENT.

4. HISTORY
• WHAT KIND OF PROSTHETIC LIMBS HAVE BEEN USED SO FAR?
• MUSCLE MOVEMENT INTERFACE
(TYPE A & TYPE B)
• BRAIN INTERFACE PROSTHETIC LIMB

5. OUR IDEA
• USING ACUPUNCTURE/ACUPRESSURE TO STIMULATE MUSCLE TENDONS
CAUSING THE MUSCLE TO MOVE.
• THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY AN EXOSKELETON OR A BAND COVERING EACH
TENDON

6. IMPROVEMENT
• MULTI TASKING
• FASTER RESPONSE
• STRONGER GRIP

7. POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
• MUSCLE DAMAGE FROM CONTINUOUS INSERTION OF NEEDLES
• COST
• IN CASE OF ACCIDENT THE DAMAGE CAN BE DISASTROUS.
• NOT APPLICABLE FOR EVERY KIND OF HANDICAP

8. SPECIAL THANKS
• SIR TALHA SHAHID
• SIR AHMED RIAZ KHAN

9. THANK YOU