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Thermally Responsive Shape Memory Prosthetics
There are approximately two million people, in the US alone, suffering from limb loss and another 185,000 new limb loss cases each year. Upper limb prosthetics are typically categorized into body-powered and electric style systems. Body-powered systems lack feedback, cannot provide high force output and can be fatiguing. Electric systems are expensive,...
Published: 2/23/2023   |   Inventor(s): Steven Lathers, Jeffrey LaBelle
Keywords(s): Bio-Technology, Educational, Materials and Electronics, Mechanical and Manufacturing, Medical Devices and Imaging
Category(s): Biomaterials, Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Life Science (All LS Techs), Medical Devices
3D Printed Flexible Sensors and Fabrication Methods
It is estimated that there are two million people in the United States that have lost a limb and another 185,000 each year that will lose a limb. Artificial limbs, or prosthetics, can restore some normal function but are expensive and sometimes not covered by insurance. Touch sensors are often used to alert a user when the prosthetic has come into contact...
Published: 2/23/2023   |   Inventor(s): Steven Lathers, Jeffrey LaBelle
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Category(s): Medical Devices, Life Science (All LS Techs), Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology, Chemical/Biological Sensors, Medical Diagnostics/Sensors
3D Printed Osseointegrated Prosthetics
It is estimated that there are two million people in the United States that have lost a limb and another 185,000 each year that will lose a limb. Artificial limbs, or prosthetics, can restore some normal function to those with lost limbs but prosthetics are expensive and a good majority of them are not covered by insurance. Upper limb prosthetics are...
Published: 2/23/2023   |   Inventor(s): Steven Lathers, Jeffrey LaBelle
Keywords(s): Additive Manufacturing, Prosthesis
Category(s): Biomaterials, Life Science (All LS Techs), Medical Devices