Prosthetics

Prosthetic is all about creating limbs for limbless. Here’s a summary of the game-changing innovations in the field of prosthetics.

The global prosthetic heart valves market is expected to reach $1.4 bn by 2028, growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 2.5 per cent, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Prosthetic is all about creating limbs for the limbless. Here’s a summary of the game-changing breakthroughs in the field of prosthetic.

Engineers from the University of Glasgow, who have previously developed an ‘electronic skin’ covering for prosthetic hands made from graphene, have found a way to use some of graphene’s remarkable physical properties to use energy from the sun to power the skin.

MIT engineers have developed a simple, low-cost, passive prosthetic foot that can be tuned to an individual’s body weight and size.