[AMP-L] Brain-powered Prosthetic Ankle Brings Balance to Amputees [Video]

[Wayne Renardson]

via ABC News WQAD:

Scientists are testing powered prosthetic ankles that may be 
game-changing for amputees.

More than two million Americans are living with limb loss. 
Prosthetics are a solution - helping with mobility and some function 
- but in most cases, the artificial limbs may be "fixed", meaning the 
wearer´s movements aren´t natural and may be uncomfortable. Now, 
scientists are testing powered prosthetic ankles that may be 
game-changing for amputees.  

Fifty-five-year-old Greg Phillips was on his way home on Labor Day 
2013, when a car pulled out in front of his motorcycle.  

"It was called a compression fracture in which the foot was crushed 
between an 850-pound motorcycle and the rear axle of a car," Phillips 
recalled.  

The rest of the story, with video, here:

https://tinyurl.com/2oj4ld8l

Wayne R.