First announcement – Bionic reconstruction in upper limb

Torino, Italy
12th May 2023

• Bruno Battiston – Director of Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Micro-surgery Department- “ Città della Salute” Hospital – Turin.
• Marko Bumbaširević – Full Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology and Head of the Department of Reconstructive Surgery and Microsurgery – Belgrade
• Silvestro Micera – Full professor of bioengineering Sant’Anna High School, Associate Professor and head of the translational neural engi-neering laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Lau-sanne.
• Paolo Sassu – Senior Consultant at the Sahlgrenska University Hospi-tal in Goteborg and director of Hand Transplant Center at the Sahl-grenska University Hospital – Gothenburg.
• Cristina Bignardi – Associate Professor – Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering – Full member of the Biomedical Engineer-ing College of Turin Polytechnics
• Roberto Ariagno – Certified Prosthetist and Orthotist and Marketing and sales Manager – Officina Ortopedica Maria Adelaide -Turin

This one day meeting reflects the need to approach the field of up-per limb assistive technology, in-cluding more complex interac-tions between humans and machi-nes (rehabilitation robotics), whi-le highlighting the relevance and importance of both basic and emerging technologies on ampu-tated limbs. The day will be dedi-cated to trying to take stock of the current possibilities for prosthetic replacement of the upper limb and what is actually available for the patient.

Bruno Battiston