Publications de Francesco Iberite

Thermal sensing device and sensory feedback system and method using such thermal sensing device

Solaiman Shokur, Silvestro Micera, Jonathan Louis Muheim, Outman Akouissi, Francesco Iberite

The present invention concerns a thermal sensing device (1) and a sensory feedback system and method using such thermal sensing device, comprising at least one film (19) of electrically insulating polymer defining a global surface of the thermal sensing de ...

2024

Early decoding of walking tasks with minimal set of EMG channels

Silvestro Micera, Federica Barberi, Eugenio Anselmino, Francesco Iberite

Objective. Powered lower-limb prostheses relying on decoding motor intentions from non-invasive sensors, like electromyographic (EMG) signals, can significantly improve the quality of life of amputee subjects. However, the optimal combination of high decod ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2023

A Novel 3D-Printed/Porous Conduit with Tunable Properties to Enhance Nerve Regeneration Over the Limiting Gap Length

Silvestro Micera, Francesco Iberite

Engineered grafts constitute an alternative to autologous transplant for repairing severe peripheral nerve injuries. However, current clinically available solutions have substantial limitations and are not suited for the repair of long nerve defects. A nov ...

Wiley2023

Wearable High-Density MXene-Bioelectronics for Neuromuscular Diagnostics, Rehabilitation, and Assistive Technologies

Silvestro Micera, Eugenio Anselmino, Francesco Iberite

High-density surface electromyography (HDsEMG) allows noninvasive muscle monitoring and disease diagnosis. Clinical translation of current HDsEMG technologies is hampered by cost, limited scalability, low usability, and minimal spatial coverage. Here, this ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Corrigendum: A Psychometric Platform to Collect Somatosensory Sensations for Neuroprosthetic Use (vol 3, 619280, 2021)

Edoardo D'Anna, Silvestro Micera, Stanisa Raspopovic, Francesco Maria Petrini, Ivo Strauss, Giacomo Valle, Francesco Iberite

2022

Current Solutions and Future Trends for Robotic Prosthetic Hands

Solaiman Shokur, Silvestro Micera, Vincent Alexandre Mendez, Francesco Iberite

The desire for functional replacement of a missing hand is an ancient one. Historically, humans have replaced a missing limb with a prosthesis for cosmetic, vocational, or personal autonomy reasons. The hand is a powerful tool, and its loss causes severe p ...

ANNUAL REVIEWS2021

A Psychometric Platform to Collect Somatosensory Sensations for Neuroprosthetic Use

Edoardo D'Anna, Silvestro Micera, Stanisa Raspopovic, Francesco Maria Petrini, Ivo Strauss, Giacomo Valle, Francesco Iberite

2021

Cortical plasticity after hand prostheses use: Is the hypothesis of deafferented cortex "invasion" always true?

Pablo Garcia del Valle, Edoardo D'Anna, Silvestro Micera, Stanisa Raspopovic, Francesco Maria Petrini, Ivo Strauss, Giacomo Valle, Francesco Iberite

Objective: To study motor cortex plasticity after a period of training with a new prototype of bidirectional hand prosthesis in three left trans-radial amputees, correlating these changes with the modification of Phantom Limb Pain (PLP) in the same period. ...

ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD2020

Brain reactions to the use of sensorized hand prosthesis in amputees

Fabrizio Vecchio, Edoardo D'Anna, Silvestro Micera, Stanisa Raspopovic, Francesco Maria Petrini, Ivo Strauss, Giacomo Valle, Francesco Iberite

Objective We investigated for the first time the presence of chronic changes in the functional organization of sensorimotor brain areas induced by prolonged training with a bidirectional hand prosthesis. Methods A multimodal neurophysiological and neuroima ...

2020

Cortical plasticity after bionic hand prostheses: is the "invasion" hypothesis of deafferented cortex always true?

Pablo Garcia del Valle, Silvestro Micera, Giacomo Valle, Francesco Iberite

WILEY2020

Intraneural sensory feedback restores grip force control and motor coordination while using a prosthetic hand

Silvestro Micera, Francesco Maria Petrini, Ivo Strauss, Giacomo Valle, Francesco Iberite

Objective. Tactile afferents in the human hand provide fundamental information about hand-environment interactions, which is used by the brain to adapt the motor output to the physical properties of the object being manipulated. A hand amputation disrupts ...

2019

Optimal integration of intraneural somatosensory feedback with visual information: a single-case study

Silvestro Micera, Ivo Strauss, Giacomo Valle, Francesco Iberite

Providing somatosensory feedback to amputees is a long-standing objective in prosthesis research. Recently, implantable neural interfaces have yielded promising results in this direction. There is now considerable evidence that the nervous system integrate ...

Nature Research2019

A closed-loop hand prosthesis with simultaneous intraneural tactile and position feedback

Edoardo D'Anna, Silvestro Micera, Stanisa Raspopovic, Francesco Maria Petrini, Ivo Strauss, Giacomo Valle, Francesco Iberite

Current myoelectric prostheses allow transradial amputees to regain voluntary motor control of their artificial limb by exploiting residual muscle function in the forearm. However, the overreliance on visual cues resulting from a lack of sensory feedback i ...

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE2019

Comparison of linear frequency and amplitude modulation for intraneural sensory feedback in bidirectional hand prostheses

Pablo Garcia del Valle, Edoardo D'Anna, Silvestro Micera, Stanisa Raspopovic, Francesco Maria Petrini, Ivo Strauss, Giacomo Valle, Francesco Iberite

Recent studies have shown that direct nerve stimulation can be used to provide sensory feedback to hand amputees. The intensity of the elicited sensations can be modulated using the amplitude or frequency of the injected stimuli. However, a comprehensive c ...

Nature Research2018

Biomimetic Intraneural Sensory Feedback Enhances Sensation Naturalness, Tactile Sensitivity, and Manual Dexterity in a Bidirectional Prosthesis

Giulio Rognini, Edoardo D'Anna, Silvestro Micera, Francesco Maria Petrini, Ivo Strauss, Giacomo Valle, Francesco Iberite

Peripheral intraneural stimulation can provide tactile information to amputees. However, efforts are still necessary to identify encoding strategy eliciting percepts that are felt as both natural and effective for prosthesis control. Here we compared the n ...

2018