Primary total hip and total knee replacements are among the most common and successful orthopedic procedures worldwide. These ...

Related 'Smart' prosthetic legs help create natural gait Artery procedure may ease knee arthritis without surgery ... volume and stiffness of the liner used to attach an artificial limb's socket ...

For a hip replacement, an orthopedic surgeon removes the diseased parts of the hip joint and replaces them with prosthetic parts ... specializing in hip and knee replacements at El Camino Health ...

But we took a different approach by developing a dynamically adaptive interface for the liners used between the body and the rigid prosthetic socket." A paper on the research was recently ...

A new material offers to improve prosthetic limb fit for amputees Roliner is made of elastic silicone that can inflate or deflate to adapt its fit to the wearer Six test subjects found the material ...

The new material, "Roliner," offers amputees the power to change the shape, volume, and stiffness of the liner that is used to attach a prosthetic limb's socket to a residual leg. Amputees could ...

Researchers at Imperial College London have created Roliner, a smart prosthetic liner that offers real-time personalised fit for amputees. Roliner smart prosthetic liner adapts in real-time to an ...

But it was two prosthetic torsos that stole the show. First, was a chiseled six-pack sported by model Mica Argañaraz. Then came the buxom climax: Chandler Frye, an emerging male model ...

However, prosthetics like artificial legs require an analog manufacturing process by certified prosthetists (a national qualification) and substantial equipment costs. For example, a typical ...