[AMP-L] Utah Bionic Leg is Closer to Easing Life for Amputees
Wayne Renardson
wayne.renardson at comcast.net
Thu Oct 6 15:53:46 PDT 2022
via The Salt Lake Tribune:
U. of U. and German firm Ottobock will partner to bring the
prosthesis to market quickly.
Alec McMorris walked quickly up and down a short staircase in the
University of Utah´s Bionic Engineering lab in front of a rapt
audience on Wednesday.
Then, McMorris, an above-knee amputee, demonstrated the capabilities
of the sleek black and red bionic leg by walking across a small patch
of turf and cobblestone as part of an announcement of a partnership
between Ottobock, a Germany-based prosthetics company, and the U.
The rest of the story, with photos, here:
https://tinyurl.com/2mg2ga39
Wayne R.
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