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Les 10 inventeurs les plus influents en matière d'accessibilité et d'assistance

Dix personnes dont les dispositifs physiques documentés ont élargi la communication, la mobilité, la perception ou l'indépendance.

Classé dans la catégorie accessibilité et assistance en se basant sur des preuves de portée dans le monde physique, une contribution technique déterminante, une pertinence durable et la qualité des sources. Ouvrez n'importe quel profil pour examiner les preuves sous-jacentes.

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    Portrait d'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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    Portrait d'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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    Portrait 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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    Portrait 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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    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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    Portrait de Grégoire Courtine

    Switzerland

    Grégoire Courtine

    Electronic spinal-stimulation implant

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

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    Portrait 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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    Portrait d'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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    Portrait 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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    Portrait d'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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