Christian Kandlbauer

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Christian Kandlbauer (born November 6, 1987 , † October 21, 2010 in Graz ) was an Austrian who received the world's first bionic arm prosthesis.

Life

Kandlbauer completed compulsory school and then began an apprenticeship as a car mechanic. In the course of a test of courage, he climbed a power pole in autumn 2005 and got caught in a 20,000-volt circuit. As a result, his left arm with the shoulder joint and the right arm with the elbow joint were amputated.

After the accident, Kandlbauer received two prostheses in 2007. The one for the right arm was a "standard prosthesis" that had two electrodes and three joints. It was controlled with the biceps and triceps of the upper arm stump. The one for the left arm was a bionic prosthesis with six electrodes and three joints. This was controlled by the nerves that were originally also responsible for the arm. For this purpose, these nerves were connected to several chest muscles in an operation, so control is only possible by means of "memory" (thoughts) and simultaneous (simultaneous) movement. The brain impulses of the nerves transferred to the breast are then recorded via sensors, evaluated and forwarded to the bionic prosthesis.

On October 19, 2010, he had a serious accident with his car and as a result died on October 21 in the LKH Graz .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lt. According to most of the Austrian media. In some cases there is also a report of “the first European”
  2. ↑ Otto Bock Healthcare Products: Living with the high-tech arm  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.1 MB); Retrieved October 23, 2010@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ottobock.at  
  3. ↑ Tagesspiegel from January 5, 2009: Controlling prostheses with your thoughts
  4. ↑ Homepage of Christian Kandlbauer: Everyday prosthesis ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved October 23, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / christiankandlbauer.at
  5. ↑ Homepage of Christian Kandlbauer: High-Tech-Prosthesis ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved October 23, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / christiankandlbauer.at
  6. ↑ Der Standard : A prosthesis that can read minds ; Retrieved Oct. 22, 2010
  7. ↑ Der Standard: Arm prosthesis wearer Kandlbauer died ; Retrieved October 23, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Kandlbauer, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian man who received the world's first bionics arm
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1987
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 2010
Place of death Graz