Enhancing human physical capability

Shriya S. Srinivasan, et al. "Neural Interfacing Architecture Enables Enhanced Motor Control and Residual Limb Functionality Post Amputation.” PNAS (2021). www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.2019555118

S. Srinivasan, S., M. Herr, H. A cutaneous mechanoneural interface for neuroprosthetic feedback. Nat Biomed Eng (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-020-00669-7

S. S. Srinivasan, G. Tuckute, J. Zou., Guiterrez S., Seong H., Barry R., Herr H. “Agonist Antagonist Myoneural Interface Amputation Preserves Proprioceptive Sensorimotor Neurophysiology in Lower Limbs”, Science Translational Medicine (2020)

Yeon, Seong Ho, et al. "Flexible Dry Electrodes for EMG Acquisition within Lower Extremity Prosthetic Sockets." 2020 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob). IEEE.

E. A. Rogers, M. E. Carney, S. H. Yeon, T. R. Clites, D. Solav and H. M. Herr, "An Ankle-Foot Prosthesis for Rock Climbing Augmentation," in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2020.3033474.

M. E. Carney and H. Herr, "Electric-Energetic Consequences of Springs in Lower-Extremity Powered Prostheses on Varied Terrain," 2020 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), New York City, NY, USA, 2020, pp. 989-996, doi: 10.1109/BioRob49111.2020.9224458.

T.-H. Hsieh, “Design and Control of a Two-degree-of-freedom Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis”, Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019.

Carney, Matthew E. “Design and Evaluation of a Reaction-Force Series Elastic Actuator Configurable as Biomimetic Powered Ankle and Knee Prostheses By.” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020.

C. R. Taylor, H. G. Abramson, and H. M. Herr, “Low-Latency Tracking of Multiple Permanent Magnets,” IEEE Sensors Journal, pp. 1–11, 2019.

S. Srinivasan, B. Schelhaas, B. E. Maimon, H. Song, H. M. Herr, Retinal supplementation augments optogenetic stimulation efficacy in vivo. J. Neural Eng. (2019)

T. R. Clites, M. J. Carty, S. S. Srinivasan, S. G. Talbot, R. Branemark, H. M. Herr, A caprine model of the agonist-antagonist myoneural interface as implemented at the above- and below-knee amputation levels.: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2019

S. Srinivasan, K. Vyas, M. McAvoy, P. Calvaresi, O. Khan, R. Langer, D. Anderson, H. Herr, Polyimide Electrode-based Electrical Stimulation Impedes Early Stage Muscle Graft Regeneration. Front. Neurol. 10 (2019),

S. S. Srinivasan, M. Diaz, M. Carty, H. M. Herr, Towards functional restoration for persons with limb amputation: A dual-stage implementation of regenerative agonist-antagonist myoneural interfaces. Sci. Rep. 9, 1981 (2019).

Solav, D., Moerman, K. M., Jaeger, A. M., & Herr, H. (2019). A framework for measuring the time-varying shape and full-field deformation of residual limbs using 3D digital image correlation. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 66(10), 2740-2752.

Shriya S. Srinivasan, Benjamin E. Maimon, Maurizio Diaz, Hyungeun Song and Hugh M. Herr, Nature Communications, volume 9, article number: 5303 (2018)

B. E. Maimon, K. Sparks, S. S. Srinivasan, A. N. Zorzos, H. M. Herr, Spectrally distinct channelrhodopsins for two-colour optogenetic peripheral nerve stimulation. Nature Biomedical Engineering 2, 485–496 (2018).

Solav, D., K. M. Moerman, A. M. Jaeger, K. Genovese, and H. M. Herr. MultiDIC: an Open-Source Toolbox for Multi-View 3D Digital Image Correlation. IEEE Access 6:30520–30535, 2018.

T. R. Clites, M. J. Carty, J. B. Ullauri, M. E. Carney, L. M. Mooney, J.-F. Duval, S. S. Srinivasan, H. M. Herr, Proprioception from a neurally controlled lower-extremity prosthesis. Sci. Transl. Med. 10, eaap8373 (2018).

M. Eilenberg, J. Kuan, and H. Herr. Development and Evaluation of a Powered Artificial Gastrocnemius for Transtibial Amputee Gait, Journal of Robotics, vol. 2018, Article ID 5951965, 15 pages, 2018.

Stolyarov, R. M., Burnett, G., & Herr, H. (2017). Translational Motion Tracking of Leg Joints for Enhanced Prediction of Walking Tasks. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 1-1. doi:10.1109/tbme.2017.2718528

S. S. Srinivasan, M. J. Carty, P. W. Calvaresi, T. R. Clites, B. E. Maimon, C. R. Taylor, A. N. Zorzos, H. Herr, On prosthetic control : A regenerative agonist-antagonist myoneural interface, 2, eaan2971 (2017).

T. R. Clites, M. J. Carty, H. M. Herr, in Plastic Surgery Research Council, (2017), p. 119.

T. R. Clites, M. J. Carty, S. Srinivasan, A. N. Zorzos, H. M. Herr, A murine model of a novel surgical architecture for proprioceptive muscle feedback and its potential application to control of advanced limb prostheses., J. Neural Eng. 14, aa614b (2017).

Clites TR, Carty MJ, Srinivasan S, Zorzos AN, Herr HM. J Neural Eng. 2017 EPub Feb 17;14(3):036002.

Maimon BE, Zorzos AN, Bendell R, Harding A, Fahmi M, Srinivasan S, Calvaresi P, Herr HM. J Neural Eng. 2017 Feb 3;14(3): 034002

Lin, B., Moerman, K. M., McMahan, C. G., Pasch, K. A., & Herr, H. M. Low-Cost Methodology for Skin Strain Measurement of a Flexed Biological Limb. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, PP(99), 2016.

J.F. Duval, H. M. Herr

J.F. Duval, H. M. Herr

J. Markowitz and H. Herr. Human Leg Model Predicts Muscle Forces, States, and Energetics during Walking, PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 5, no. 12, May. 2016.

B. Maimon, A. N. Zorzos, K. W. Song, R. Bendell, R. Riso, H. M. Herr

Sengeh DM, Moerman, K. M., Petron A, Herr H.M.

H. M. Herr, T. R. Clites, B. Maimon, A. Zorzos, M. J. Carty, J.-F. Duval, Method And System For Providing Proprioceptive Feedback And Functionality Mitigating Limb Pathology. US Pending Patent 62/276422 (2016).

L. M. Mooney, H. M. Herr

H. M. Herr, R. R. Riso, K. W. Song, R. J.Casler, M. J. Carty, Peripheral Neural Interface Via Nerve Regeneration to Distal Tissues. US Patent US20160346099 (2016).

Moerman, K. M., Simms, C. K., Nagel, T. Control of tension-compression asymmetry in Ogden hyperelasticity with application to soft tissue modelling Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 56, 218–228, 2016

B.J. Ranger, M. Feigin, N. Pestrov, X. Zhang, V. Lempitsky, H.M. Herr, B.W. Anthony. “Motion compensation in a tomographic ultrasound imaging system: toward volumetric scans of a limb for prosthetic socket design”. Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, 2015.

E. J. Rouse, N. C. Villagaray-Carski, R. W. Emerson, H. M. Herr

Duval, JF "FlexSEA: flexible, scalable electronics architecture for wearable robotic applications"

L. M. Mooney, E. J. Rouse and H. M. Herr. Autonomous exoskeleton reduces metabolic cost of human walking, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, vol. 11, pp. 151, November. 2014

L. M. Mooney, E. J. Rouse, H. M. Herr

E. J. Rouse, L. M. Mooney and H. M. Herr Clutchable series-elastic actuator: Implications for prosthetic knee design International Journal of Robotics Research, 2014, in press

G. Elliott, A. Marecki and H. Herr. Design of a Clutch–Spring Knee Exoskeleton for Running, Journal of Medical Devices, vol 8, no. 3, 031002-031002-11, July. 2014.

E.L. Doubrovski, Elizabeth Tsai, D. Dikovsky, J.M.P. Geraedts, Hugh Herr, Neri Oxman

L. M. Mooney, E. J. Rouse and H. M. Herr. Autonomous exoskeleton reduces metabolic cost of walking, International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, August. 2014.

D. Sengeh, H. M. Herr

E. J. Rouse, L. M. Mooney, E. C. Martinez-Villalpando and H. M. Herr A clutchable series-elastic actuator: design of a robotic knee prosthesis for minimum energy consumption, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013

L. M. Mooney and H. M. Herr Continuously-Variable Series-Elastic Actuator, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013

J. Wang, O. A. Kannape, and H. M. Herr Proportional EMG Control of Ankle Plantar Flexion in a Powered Transtibial Prosthesis, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013

D. Hill and H. M. Herr. Effects of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis on kinetic loading of the contralateral limb: a case series, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013.

G. Elliott, G.S. Sawicki, A. Marecki, H. Herr. The biomechanics and energetics of human running using an elastic knee exoskeleton, International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013.

Farrell, M. T. "Pattern Classification of Terrain During Amputee Walking"

Hill, D. "Effects of a Powered Ankle Prosthesis on Shock Absorption and Residual Limb/Socket Interface Pressure"

Sengeh, D. "Advanced Prototyping of Variable Impedance Prosthetic Sockets for Trans-tibial Amputees: Polyjet Matrix 3D Printing of Comfortable Prosthetic Sockets Using Digital Anatomical Data"

Martinez-Villalpando, E. "Design and Evaluation of a Biomimetic Agonist-Antagonist Active Knee Prosthesis"

C. P. McGowan, A. M. Grabowski, W. J. McDermott, H. M. Herr, and R. Kram. Leg stiffness of sprinters using running-specific prostheses, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 9, no. 73, pp. 1975-1982, 2012.

M. T. Farrell, H. M. Herr

E. C. Martinez-Villalpando, L. M. Mooney, G. A. Elliott and H. M. Herr. Antagonistic Active Knee Prosthesis. A Metabolic Cost of Walking Comparison with a Variable-Damping Prosthetic Knee, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, 2011.

H. M. Herr and A. M. Grabowski. Bionic ankle-foot prosthesis normalizes walking gait for persons with leg amputation, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, vol. 279, no. 1728, pp. 457–464, Feb. 2012.

P. Krishnaswamy, E. N. Brown, H. M. Herr

J. Markowitz, P. Krishnaswamy, M. F. Eilenberg, K. Endo, C. Barnhart, H. M. Herr

H. Geyer and H. Herr. A muscle-reflex model that encodes principles of legged mechanics produces human walking dynamics and muscle activities, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 2010.

W. Farahat and H. M. Herr. Optimal workloop energetics of muscle-actuated systems an impedance matching view, PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 6, no. 6, 2010.

M. F. Eilenberg, H. Geyer, and H. M. Herr. Control of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis based on a neuromuscular model, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 164-173, 2010.