Patent 8999003 was granted and assigned to Johns Hopkins University on April, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A controller for a prosthetic device includes a processing section, an interface section connected to the processing section, and a power supply connected to both the processing section and the interface section. A dorsal indicator and a dorsal switch are disposed in a hand portion of the prosthetic device, and are both connected to the interface section.