Prosthetics Current Affairs, GK & News
The researchers of US develops world’s first bio-electronic medicine
Researchers at the Washington University in the US have developed the world’s first bio-electronic medicine — an implantable, biodegradable wireless device that speeds nerve regeneration and improves the healing of a damaged nerve. According to the study published in the journal Nature Medicine, the device is the size of a dime and the thickness of ..
Topics: Biomedical engineering • Implant • Prosthetics • Tissue engineering
Person in News: Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius named for Olympics in 4×400 race, is the first ‘disabled athlete’ to qualify for an able bodied event in the 2012 London Olympics in 400 metres race. Full name: Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius Pistorius named South Africa’s 4×400 relay team for the London Olympics. Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is a double amputee (i.e. ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Topics: Afrikaner people • Flex-Foot Cheetah • Humans • Occupations • Oscar Pistorius • Paralympic Games • Pistorius • Prosthesis • Prosthetics • Sports • Van Phillips • White South African people
An American facelift for the Jaipur foot
Soon there will be a Michigan version of the famous Jaipur Foot. The Jaipur Foot considered to be among the world’s cheapest and most user-friendly artificial limbs. A prototype of the new Jaipur Foot, is prepared jointly by the Dr. P. K. Sethi from Rehabilitation & Jaipur Limb Training Centre and Engineers from the Michigan ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2012
Topics: Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti • Disability in India • Health • India • Jaipur • Jaipur leg • P. K. Sethi • Prosthesis • Prosthetics • Rajasthani people • Sethi • Veerendra Raj Mehta