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  • South Bend startup testing newly developed prosthetic hand

    Serena Zacharias|Nov 10, 2019

    SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Officials from a tech startup at the University of Notre Dame have developed a prosthetic hand that they say would cost less than those currently on the market and require less training for amputees. ProstheTech hopes to finish testing its myoelectric prosthetic hand — which works by using existing electrical signals in an amputee's muscles — by the end of this year. The firm recently received $20,000 from Elevate Ventures, an entrepreneurial development advocacy organization, to finalize its prototype. In order to re...