Innovations
Last Updated: Apr 22
News from The O&P EDGE
- Low-Cost Prosthesis Being Made with 3D Printing, Bamboo In response to the need for low-cost prosthetic limbs in developing countries, a team from the Netherlands and Indonesia are developing a transtibial prosthesis made from 3D plastic molds and bamboo.
- Mike “Monster” Schultz Wins Popular Science Award for his Versa Foot
- Scientists Build Promising Material for Osseointegrated Implants
- UA, Partners Testing Smart Socks to Head off Ulcers, Improve Balance in Diabetics
- Researchers Develop Artificial Muscle Computer
- Scientists Discover “Switch” Critical to Wound Healing
- Physicist Invents New Adaptive Silicone Rubber
- New Therapeutics Could Accelerate Wound Healing
- Wireless Brain Sensor Developed at Brown
- Low-Cost Socket Wins MIT $100K Accelerate Contest
- Researchers Present Polyethylene/Carbon Scoliosis Brace
- Graphene, Acrylic Elastomer Combination Being Researched for Use as Artificial Muscle
- Elementary School Students Build Myoelectric Armbands
- Researchers Create Sensory Awareness Device for Lower-Limb Prosthetic Users
- High School Students Design Robotic Arm
- FSU Leads Development of Advanced Transfemoral Sockets for Veterans
- Northwestern Freshmen Design Temporary Fitting Solutions for Upper-Limb Amputees
- Technical Report Describes Device that Monitors Prosthetic Sock Usage
- New Zealand University Testing Lower-Limb Exoskeleton
- UCLA Creates, Offers Free Foot-Monitoring Software
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