<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">via Edmonton AB & University of Alberta:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br><p> A new kind of prosthesis that gives amputees the chance to once
again feel the ground they're walking on is available in western Canada.</p> <p>
A team at the University of Alberta's BLINC Lab in Edmonton – which
specializes in developing bionic limbs – is one of two in Canada
researching osseointegration.</p> <p> The technique sees a surgeon
insert a titanium rod into a patient's remaining bone. The bone fuses to
the rod and the flesh heals around it, except for a small length at one
end which remains visible outside the body. The prosthesis can be
clicked on and off that end of the rod.</p><div id="gmail-fsk_splitbox_3971_onscreen" class="gmail-fsk_splitbox_3971_onscreen"><div id="gmail-fsk_splitbox_3971" class="gmail-fsk_splitbox_3971" style="height:0px;text-align:center"></div></div> <p> "Yeah, they shove a rod in your leg, but it's great," laughed amputee Stephanie Gansekoele.</p><p>The rest of the story, with photos & video, here:</p><p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/26unzv6c">https://tinyurl.com/26unzv6c</a></p><p>Wayne R. <br></p></div></div>