Prosthetic Limbs that Fuse with Your Skeleton
Your next prosthetic arm will be almost as good as the one you were born with: It will fuse with your existing skeleton. Veterinarians at North Carolina State University have developed a technique for attaching prosthetic limbs directly to the underlying bone structure in the remaining limb portion. Called “osseointegrated prosthetics,” these limbs knit themselves with the patient’s bone, allowing more for natural movement and avoiding some of the problems of “strap-on” prosthetics. A German Shepherd named Cassidy was the first canine patient to receive an osseointegrated prosthetic, and the researchers feel advances in fabrication and materials will allow them to shift the technology to humans in the near future.
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Osseointegration is old news. Been around in jawbones for decades. Check out the team from Sweden: Google “Richard Branemark” who have been successfully using OI in human femurs for at least 10 years.
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