Claudia Mitchell

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| known_for = First woman to receive a bionic arm

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Claudia Mitchell (born 1980) is a former United States Marine whose left arm was amputated near the shoulder following a motorcycle crash in 2004. She became the first woman to be outfitted with a bionic arm.{{cite news

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| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091302271.html?nav=E8

| title = For 1st Woman With Bionic Arm, a New Life Is Within Reach

| newspaper = The Washington Post

| date = 2006-09-14

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}} The arm is controlled through muscles in her chest and side, which in turn are controlled by the nerves that had previously controlled her real arm. The nerves were rerouted to these muscles in a process of targeted reinnervation.{{cite news |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11094-woman-with-bionic-arm-regains-sense-of-touch/ |title=Woman with bionic arm regains sense of touch |date=2 February 2007 |first=Aria |last=Pearson |newspaper=New Scientist |access-date=10 June 2021}}

Her prosthesis, a prototype developed by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, was one of the most advanced prosthetic arms developed to date.