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  • Immigrants and protesters march to Federal Plaza in Chicago to protest H.R. 4437,  the Hastert/Sensenbrenner bill or  Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005.  The size of the crowd was estimated at 100,000 people or many different immigrant groups.
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  • Members of Chicago's gay community and their supporters perform in the Chicago's 38th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade.
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  • Pilot Jim Martin, takes a practice flight over Gary, Indiana along with fellow members of the Lima Lima Flight Team. Lima Lima and other acts were preparing to fly in the Chicago Air & Water Show along the Chicago lakefront.
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  • Members of Chicago's gay community and their supporters participate in the Chicago's 38th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade.  The grand marshall for the parade was former NBA player John Amaechi who revealed he was gay in his book  "Man in the Middle".  Almost half a million people lined north Halsted Street for the event.
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  • A Southwest Airlines 737 sits in the intersection of Central Ave and 55th Streets just outside Chicago's Midway Airport Friday morning.  The plane, a flight  was landing from Baltimore, skidded off the runway during a snowstorm, colliding with at least one car. A six-year-old boy from Indiana, was killed in the car and several others were injured.  Midway airport received nearly ten inches of snow in a ten hour period Thursday.
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  • Anti-war protestors take to the streets in downtown Chicago Saturday afternoon contained by thousands of police dressed in riot gear.  The protest was to mark the first anniversary of the war in Iraq.
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  • Anti-war protestors march down Clark Street in  downtown Chicago Saturday afternoon contained by thousands of police dressed in riot gear.  The protest was to mark the first anniversary of the war in Iraq.
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  • Freedom Schooner Amistad gets ready to sail on Lake Michigan just off Chicago on the first day of Tall Ships Chicago.  The Amistad is a replica of the original Amistad, a ship full of African slaves from Sierra Leone who revolted in 1839 and took over the ship.  They were captured but later won their freedom in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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  • A truck lies in a canal in Utica, Illinois after a large tornado touched down there Tuesday evening.  The tornado flattened many downtown buildings, including the Milestone Tavern.  At least six people were killed.  Several strong tornadoes swept across northern Illinois and Indiana Tuesday evening.  The Utica tornado was estimated to be an F3 on the Fujita scale with winds speeds estimated between 158 and 206 miles per hour. .
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  • A welfare receipient gives one of her children a bath.
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  • Wally Kaminski lights candles just before mass at St. Hyacinth Basilica, a Polish Catholic church in Chicago after the death of Pope John Paul II...
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  • Clerks and traders in the Eurodollar pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange celebrate the close of the trading year with a shower of confett.
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  • Anti-war protestors take to the streets in downtown Chicago Saturday afternoon contained by thousands of police dressed in riot gear.  The protest was to mark the first anniversary of the war in Iraq.  This group is carrying the flag of Palestine.
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  • Anti-war protesters take to the streets in downtown Chicago Saturday afternoon contained by thousands of police dressed in riot gear.  The protest was to mark the first anniversary of the war in Iraq.
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  • Celeste Zappala of Philadelphia stands over a combat boot tagged with the name of her son Sherwood Baker holding his photograph in the middle of an exhibit of over 1000 pairs of combat boots bearing name tags of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq.  The boots fill Federal Plaza in Chicago as part of an exhibit called "Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War in Iraq".   The exhibit was put on by the American Friends Service Committee.  For more information see www.eyes.afsc.org.  Baker, a national guardsman,  was 30 when he was killed in an explosion on April 26th of this year.  He was married and had a nine-year-old son.  Zappala says, "This war was a mistake, a disaster.  It was a betrayal."  She continues, "I don't think the administration has any idea what they've let loose or how to solve it."
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  • A man uses his hand as a protest sign as he joins a crowd of immigrants marching down Jackson Street in Chicago to protest H.R. 4437,  the Hastert/Sensenbrenner bill or  Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005.  The size of the crowd was estimated at 25,000 people or many different immigrant groups.
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  • Immigrants crowd into Federal Plaza in Chicago to protest H.R. 4437,  the Hastert/Sensenbrenner bill or  Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005.  The size of the crowd was estimated at 25,000 people or many different immigrant groups.  Besides the crowd in the plaza, protesters filled the streets surrounding the plaza.
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  • Equal Marriage Now..Gay and lesbian activists fight for the right to marry in the state of Illinois through a series of protests in front of and inside government buildings in the city of Chicago.  A few activists also attempt to obtain their marriage licenses inside the county clerk's office.
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  • Jim Thompson of Bartlett, Illinois participates in a protest demanding gay marriage rights in front of the Cook County Building in Chicago. Thompson says he is in a gay relationship that has lasted 20 years and would like to get married
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  • Gay and lesbian activists fight for the right to marry in the state of Illinois through a series of protests in front of and inside government buildings in the city of Chicago.  A few activists also attempt to obtain their marriage licenses inside the county clerk's office.
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  • Gay and lesbian activists fight for the right to marry in the state of Illinois through a series of protests in front of and inside government buildings in the city of Chicago.  A few activists also attempt to obtain their marriage licenses inside the county clerk's office.
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  • Glenn Amoros, left middle, and Keith Charbonneau, right middle, march through downtown Chicago at a gay marriage rights demonstration Thursday March 11, 2004.  The two are planning to be married in San Francisco in April...(photo by Anne Ryan, Polaris Images)..
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  • Equal Marriage Now..Gay and lesbian activists fight for the right to marry in the state of Illinois through a series of protests in front of and inside government buildings in the city of Chicago.  A few activists also attempt to obtain their marriage licenses inside the county clerk's office.
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  • Gay marriage rights demonstrators stage a sit-in at the office of Cook County Clerk David Orr Monday afternoon after being denied marriage licenses.
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  • Michelle Baladad, left, and Jennifer Widd attempt to get a marriage license while surrounded by gay marriage rights demonstrators and media at the office of Cook County Clerk David Orr in Chicago Monday afternoon.  They were denied since gay marriage is against state law in Illinois.
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  • Police remove gay rights protestors sitting in the street in front of the Cook County Administration Building in Chicago.  The protestors were demanding marriage licenses.
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  • Gay marriage rights demonstrators including Gary Naham, right, and T.J. Williams stage a sit-in at the office of Cook County Clerk David Orr Monday afternoon after being denied marriage licenses.
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  • Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome, is helped by her companion Tonia Kulig as she heads down the stairs...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome, works on crafts at ther living room table in her home...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading. .
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  • Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome, reads one of her favorite Nancy Drew books in her home.  ..Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading. .
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  • A reminder to lock the door hangs on the wall at the home of Mary Beth Solinski...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading. .
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  • Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome chooses apples in the produce section while grocery shopping at Dominick's grocery store...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Companion Tonia Kulig helps Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome with her grocery shopping at Dominick's grocery store...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Companion Tonia Kulig, right, helps Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome with her grocery shopping at Dominick's grocery store...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Companion Tonia Kulig, left, gives Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome, a hug and a kiss, as they put away groceries after grocery shopping...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome loads her grocerys onto a conveyor belt while grocery shopping at Dominick's grocery store...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • A photo of Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome, sits on the bookshelf next to her favorite DVDs of the television show "Bonanza"...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome, ties her shoe, exposing a special leg brace she needs...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome, bakes her own birthday cake with help from her niece Sarah Graziano, 22...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome, celebrates her birthday with a birthday cake with her niece Sarah Graziano, 22...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Mary Beth Solinski, a 59 year old, with Down Syndrome, hugs her niece Sarah Graziano, 22, as Solinski packs for a sleepover at Graziano's house...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Marybeth Solinski gets her hair styled by her caretaker Celina Zabawa...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Marybeth Solinski decorates her Christmas tree with help from her caretaker Celina Zabawa one week before Christmas...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading..
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  • Marybeth Solinski receives communion from Marlow Comisky, a eucharistic minister from a nearby Catholic church, who comes to her home...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading..
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  • Marybeth Solinski studies flash cards with facts about U.S. Presidents in her living room.  Studying is one of her favorite activities...Aging adults with Down Syndrome. In 1983, people with Down syndrome could expect to live to age 25. Today, their life expectancy is 60 years. We interview a 59-year-old patient who has outlived her parents and is now in AARP. She has trouble walking, but has lots of interests, such as cooking, arts and crafts and reading.
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  • Dr. Gregory Dumanian, plastic surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, left, and Dr. Mike Lee, plastic surgery resident, examine amputee patient Alfred Tennione of Gary, Indiana at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The surgery, performed by Dr. Dumanian under the supervision of Dr. Todd Kuiken MD PhD of Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, will rewire nerves near the amputation site to allow Tennione better control over a computerized, motorized artificial arm he will receive.  Tennione lost his arm in January 2003 working at the railroad switchyard in Gary, Indiana when he tripped and fell between railroad cars.  ..
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  • Surgery on patient Alfred Tennione of Gary, Indiana to prepare for a new artificial arm Thursday morning February 19, 2004 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Surgery performed by Dr. Gregory Dumanian under the supervision of Dr. Todd Kuiken MD PhD of Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
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  • Surgery on patient Alfred Tennione of Gary, Indiana to prepare for a new artificial arm Thursday morning February 19, 2004 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Surgery performed by Dr. Gregory Dumanian under the supervision of Dr. Todd Kuiken MD PhD of Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
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  • Patient Alfred Tennione visits Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago for a followup appoint with Dr. Todd Kuiken and Prosthetist Robert Lipschutz Tuesday March 16, 2004. The purpose of the visit was myotesting or searching for small electrical impulses from the muscles that can be detected from the surface of the skin.  These impulses will determine where the electrical contacts will go on the artificial arm. ..
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  • Artificial Limbs - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
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  • Detail of nerves near the arm amputation site of patient Alfred Tennione as he is operated on my Dr. Gregory Dumanian at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The surgery, under the supervision of Dr. Todd Kuiken MD PhD of Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, is to rewire nerves near the amputation site to allow Tennione better control over a computerized, motorized artificial arm he will receive.  Tennione lost his arm in January 2003 working at the railroad switchyard in Gary, Indiana when he tripped and fell between railroad cars. ...Tennione's surgery will involve rerouting nerve endings and grafting them into four separate regions of muscle.  Electrical signals from these muscles or EMGs will be used to control a  Boston Digital Arm..
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  • Artificial Limbs - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
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  • Dr. Todd Kuiken M.D. Ph.D, middle, and research assistant Bolu Ajiboye, left, watch the screen of a computer attached to surface electrodes attached to artificial arm recipient Jesse Sullivan at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.  The electrodes detect EMGs, or electrical activity of the muscles.  Sullivan, of Dayton, Tennessee, was the first patient to undergo the surgery to enhance use of an artificial arm.  Sullivan lost both arms on the job as a lineman for a Tennessee power company who accidentally touched a high tension wire carrying 7400 volts.  The accident cost Sullivan both of his arms up to the shoulders. The nerves that once controlled Sullivan’s left arm were surgically implanted into his chest muscles since he had no arm muscles at all.  He was outfitted with a Boston Digital Arm and the contacts in the socket of the prosthesis were positioned where the prosthetist finds the strongest EMG signal.  Sullivan currently has control over three different mechanical arm functions and is being tested for other sites for contacts as the nerves continue to innervate the muscles.  The arm feels so natural to him that he once yanked off his mechanical hand trying to start the lawnmower.  On his right side Sullivan uses an older body-powered mechanical arm with a split hook hand..
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  • Surface electrodes to detect EMGs, or electrical activity of the muscles, are attached to amputee Jesse Sullivan, artificial arm recipient, at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.  Sullivan, of Dayton, Tennessee, was the first patient to undergo the surgery to enhance use of an artificial arm.  Sullivan lost both arms on the job as a lineman for a Tennessee power company who accidentally touched a high tension wire carrying 7400 volts.  The accident cost Sullivan both of his arms up to the shoulders. The nerves that once controlled Sullivan’s left arm were surgically implanted into his chest muscles since he had no arm muscles at all.  He was outfitted with a Boston Digital Arm and the contacts in the socket of the prosthesis were positioned where the prosthetist finds the strongest EMG signal.  Sullivan currently has control over three different mechanical arm functions and is being tested for other sites for contacts as the nerves continue to innervate the muscles.  The arm feels so natural to him that he once yanked off his mechanical hand trying to start the lawnmower.  On his right side Sullivan uses an older body-powered mechanical arm with a split hook hand..
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  • Prosthetist Robert Lipschultz tests out amputee Alfred Tennione's new Boston Digital Arm in the lab at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.  Currently Tennione's artificial arm is activated with two contact points that sense surface electrical impulses or EMGs generated by muscle movement.  There is also a manual switch he can activate with his other hand...Technicians and Dr. Todd Kuiken M.D. Ph.D. at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago are working to add more contact points that will be activated by surface EMGs which can increase as Tennione's nerves continue to reinnervate the muscles used in the nerve-muscle graft surgery...Tennione's surgery earlier in the year essentially rerouted his nerve endings and grafting them into four separate regions of muscle near his amputation site. Electrical signals from these muscles or EMGs will be used to control a  Boston Digital Arm..
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  • Amputee Alfred Tennione tests out his artificial arm as Prosthetist Robert Lipschultz watches during a followup visit to Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. The purpose of the visit was myotesting or searching for electrical activity from the muscles or EMGs that can be detected from the surface of the skin as Tennione's nerves-muscle grafts continue to take hold.  The hope is, as the nerves reinnervate the muscle Tennione will be able to have control over more functions of the arm and hand.  The EMGs are sensed through contact points in the socket and they activate the Boston Digital Arm System...Tennione's surgery earlier in the year essentially rerouted his nerve endings and grafting them into four separate regions of muscle near his amputation site. Electrical signals from these muscles or EMGs will be used to control a  Boston Digital Arm..
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  • Prosthetist Laura Miller helps double amputee Jesse Sullivan put on his artificial arms at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.  Sullivan, of Dayton, Tennessee, was the first patient to undergo the surgery to enhance use of an artificial arm.  Sullivan lost both arms on the job as a lineman for a Tennessee power company who accidentally touched a high tension wire carrying 7400 volts.  The accident cost Sullivan both of his arms up to the shoulders. The nerves that once controlled Sullivan’s left arm were surgically implanted into his chest muscles since he had no arm muscles at all.  On his left side he was outfitted with a Boston Digital Arm and the contacts in the socket of the prosthesis were positioned where the prosthetist finds the strongest EMG signal.  Sullivan currently has control over three different mechanical arm and hand functions and is being tested for other sites for contacts as the nerves continue to innervate the muscles.  Sullivan prefers to use a type of hand called a Greiffer (or gripper).  The arm feels so natural to him that he once yanked off his mechanical hand trying to start the lawnmower.  On his right side Sullivan uses an older body-powered mechanical arm with a split hook hand.
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  • Double amputee Jesse Sullivan uses his motorized, computerized artificial arm to pick up a pencil at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.  Sullivan prefers to use a type of hand called a Greiffer (or gripper).  Sullivan, of Dayton, Tennessee, was the first patient to undergo the surgery to enhance use of an artificial arm.  Sullivan lost both arms on the job as a lineman for a Tennessee power company who accidentally touched a high tension wire carrying 7400 volts.  The accident cost Sullivan both of his arms up to the shoulders. The nerves that once controlled Sullivan’s left arm were surgically implanted into his chest muscles since he had no arm muscles at all.  On his left side he was outfitted with a Boston Digital Arm and the contacts in the socket of the prosthesis were positioned where the prosthetist finds the strongest EMG signal.  Sullivan currently has control over three different mechanical arm and hand functions and is being tested for other sites for contacts as the nerves continue to innervate the muscles.  The arm feels so natural to him that he once yanked off his mechanical hand trying to start the lawnmower.  On his right side Sullivan uses an older body-powered mechanical arm with a split hook hand.
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  • Prosthetist Laura Miller marks contact points on an evaluation socket for artificial arm recipient Jesse Sullivan to detect EMGs, or electrical activity of the muscles, at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.  Sullivan, of Dayton, Tennessee, was the first patient to undergo the surgery to enhance use of an artificial arm.  Sullivan lost both arms on the job as a lineman for a Tennessee power company who accidentally touched a high tension wire carrying 7400 volts.  The accident cost Sullivan both of his arms up to the shoulders. The nerves that once controlled Sullivan’s left arm were surgically implanted into his chest muscles since he had no arm muscles at all.  He was outfitted with a Boston Digital Arm and the contacts in the socket of the prosthesis were positioned where the prosthetist finds the strongest EMG signal.  Sullivan currently has control over three different mechanical arm functions and is being tested for other sites for contacts as the nerves continue to innervate the muscles.  The arm feels so natural to him that he once yanked off his mechanical hand trying to start the lawnmower.  On his right side Sullivan uses an older body-powered mechanical arm with a split hook hand.
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  • Double amputee Jesse Sullivan uses his motorized, computerized artificial arm to pick up a pencil at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.  Sullivan prefers to use a type of hand called a Greiffer (or gripper).  Sullivan, of Dayton, Tennessee, was the first patient to undergo the surgery to enhance use of an artificial arm.  Sullivan lost both arms on the job as a lineman for a Tennessee power company who accidentally touched a high tension wire carrying 7400 volts.  The accident cost Sullivan both of his arms up to the shoulders. The nerves that once controlled Sullivan’s left arm were surgically implanted into his chest muscles since he had no arm muscles at all.  On his left side he was outfitted with a Boston Digital Arm and the contacts in the socket of the prosthesis were positioned where the prosthetist finds the strongest EMG signal.  Sullivan currently has control over three different mechanical arm and hand functions and is being tested for other sites for contacts as the nerves continue to innervate the muscles.  The arm feels so natural to him that he once yanked off his mechanical hand trying to start the lawnmower.  On his right side Sullivan uses an older body-powered mechanical arm with a split hook hand.
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