#leg prosthesis

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"Fluctuat nec mergitur" Digitalisation d'une illustration faite pendant Inktober. À l'époque, juste après avoir fini ce dessin, j'ai croisé une femme portant une prothèse comme celle-ci en allant boire un verre à côté de chez moi. La vie est faite de belles coincidences et de warriors. _ "Fluctuat nec mergitur" Digitization of an illustration made during Inktober. At this time, just after finishing this drawing, I met a woman wearing a prosthesis like this one while going to have a drink next to my home. Life is made of beautiful coincidences and warriors.

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cool!

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Do you remember this AU? https://etceterrayellowmoon.tumblr.com/post/141775232953/saigenos-week-day-3-sports-saitama-olympic

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World's first 'feeling' leg prosthesis

New Post has been published on http://www.newsnish.com/international/worlds-first-feeling-leg-prosthesis/

World's first 'feeling' leg prosthesis

The world’s first artificial leg capable of simulating the feelings of a real limb and fighting phantom pain was unveiled by researchers in Vienna yesterday.

The innovation is the result of a two-fold process, developed by Professor Hubert Egger at the University of Linz in northern Austria.

Surgeons first rewired remaining foot nerve endings from a patient’s stump to healthy tissue in the thigh, placing them close to the skin surface.

Six sensors were then fitted to the foot sole of a lightweight prosthesis, and linked to so-called stimulators inside the shaft where the stump sits.

“It’s like a second lease of life, like being reborn,” Austrian amputee Wolfgang Rangger, told AFP ahead of yesterday’s media launch.

The former teacher, who lost his right leg in 2007 after suffering a blood clot caused by a cerebral stroke, has spent the last six months testing the new prosthesis.

“It feels like I have a foot again. I no longer slip on ice and I can tell whether I walk on gravel, concrete, grass or sand. I can even feel small stones,” he said.

The 54-year-old also runs, cycles and goes climbing. When he moves, the limp is barely noticeable.

Every time Rangger takes a step or applies pressure, the small sensor devices send signals to the brain.

“In a healthy foot, skin receptors carry out this function but they are obviously missing here. However, the information conductors — the nerves — are still present, they’re just not being stimulated,” Egger said.

“The sensors tell the brain there is a foot and the wearer has the impression that it rolls off the ground when he walks. All things considered, the procedure is a very simple one given the results.”

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Roberto's fitting appointment -2