(From press release)
WASHINGTON (Dec. 10, 2009) -- Several wounded warriors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are testing a new microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knee.
The X2 microprocessor knee, the result of a medical research project, is being used by some amputees at Walter Reed’s Military Advanced Training Center.
With the older C-Leg, many patients were dealing with ...
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(from website) The PROPRIO FOOT provides unprecedented physiological benefits for transtibial amputees. A wide and automated range of ankle flexion with proven Flex-Foot® dynamics means function is as close as you can get to the human foot today.
PowerFoot BiOM is now being manufactured by Coghlin Companies Inc to increase its time to market. The Powerfoot BIOM is a bionic lower leg system which replicates lost muscle function and allow amputees to walk with reduced stress to the rest of the body. "The PowerFoot BiOM is the only prosthetic system to allow amputees to walk as if their legs were biological once again," said Ti ...
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