Retrato de Ingeborg Hochmair
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Los 10 inventores más influyentes en accesibilidad y asistencia

Diez personas cuyos dispositivos físicos documentados expandieron la comunicación, la movilidad, la percepción o la independencia.

Clasificado dentro de accesibilidad y asistencia utilizando evidencia de alcance en el mundo físico, una contribución técnica definitoria, relevancia sostenida y calidad de la fuente. Abra cualquier perfil para inspeccionar la evidencia subyacente.

  1. 01
    Retrato de Ingeborg Hochmair

    Austria

    Ingeborg Hochmair

    Multichannel cochlear implant

    Her multichannel cochlear implant is credited with restoring hearing for more than one million people.

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  2. 02
    Retrato de Alim Louis Benabid

    France

    Alim Louis Benabid

    Programmable deep-brain stimulation system

    Programmable deep-brain stimulation transformed treatment for thousands of people with movement disorders.

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  3. 03
    Retrato de Hugh Herr

    United States

    Hugh Herr

    BiOM T2 powered ankle-foot prosthesis

    The BiOM T2 showed that a powered ankle-foot prosthesis could add energy to gait.

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  4. 04
    Retrato de Van Phillips

    United States

    Van Phillips

    Flex-Foot carbon-graphite prosthetic running leg

    The Flex-Foot design is used in some form by 90% of Paralympic athletes.

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  5. 05
    Mark S. Humayun - Mark Humayun, MD, PhD | USC Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics

    United States

    Mark S. Humayun

    Argus II retinal prosthesis

    Argus II was the first FDA-approved implanted electronic device to re-establish functional vision for blind patients.

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  6. 06
    Retrato de Grégoire Courtine

    Switzerland

    Grégoire Courtine

    Electronic spinal-stimulation implant

    Electronic spinal stimulation enabled voluntary movement after spinal-cord injury.

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  7. 07
    Retrato de John Donoghue

    United States

    John Donoghue

    Brain-computer interface for external devices

    His brain-computer-interface leadership enabled people with paralysis to regain independence.

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    Retrato de Elena García Armada

    Spain

    Elena García Armada

    Adaptable pediatric robotic exoskeleton

    Her pediatric robotic exoskeleton made gait-assistance hardware available specifically for children with neuromuscular conditions.

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  9. 09
    Retrato de Joel Gibbard

    United Kingdom

    Joel Gibbard

    Hero Arm multi-grip bionic prosthetic arm

    Open Bionics reported more than 1,000 Hero Arm users and new product launches in 2025.

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  10. 10
    Retrato de Amos Winter

    United States

    Amos Winter

    Leveraged Freedom Chair all-terrain wheelchair

    The Leveraged Freedom Chair won an R&D 100 award and became a documented global-accessibility product.

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