Biotechnology transformation of traditional prosthetic limbs is no longer a dream
Release date: 2017-04-07
According to the British "IBT" website, Oliver Armitage and Emile Yuvitch are researchers of the same research team. Since 2015, the "Y combiner" jointly established the startup "Cambridge Bio-Enhanced System CBAS". They invented and designed an implantable prosthetic and believe it will forever change the lives of amputees and people with disabilities.
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"The feet are everywhere, green mountains and green waters, when the white wine is yellow chicken", there are a pair of sound legs and feet, in order to travel all over the mountains, read thousands of books, and travel thousands of miles. However, not everyone is fortunate enough to have a complete body. When the body has a disability, many things that can feel the small fortunes of life will not be realized. In order to help those who are born with disabilities or acquired disability due to illness, the scientists of the famous American incubator "Y combiner" have produced a "USB prosthetic".
The part with the interface can be closely connected to any type of prosthetic
The new invention connects the prosthetic limb to the soft tissue of the body by implanting a biomimetic device into the human body, and can permanently integrate the prosthetic limb into the bone to form a state of "skeletal integration". Although the integration effect is amazing, CBAS scientists are not satisfied. They then unify the interface of the bionic device, so that the part with the interface can be closely connected with any type of prosthetic limb. Therefore, this type of prosthetic is also called "USB prosthetic." ".
The new prosthetic can receive information from the amputee's nervous system and change the rules of the game of the former model prosthetic. In clinical trials, researchers hope that the implanted biomimetic device will eventually replace the "bowl" or "socket"-like plastic limb joints, preventing the disabled from leaving a broken limb or uncomfortable painful memories. Technology is an exciting experience for amputees to walk, wave and move easily.
The two founders believe that the purpose of developing new prostheses is not only to alleviate the pain of traditional prosthetic wear, but also to reduce the cost of amputees in prosthetic production, and even to change the sales model of the entire prosthetic market. In the United States, people want to install prosthetic limbs, they must be customized to professional institutions, and it is inconvenient when the prosthetic limbs are defective or need to be corrected. After adopting a unified bionic interface, people do not need to customize, and can directly purchase prosthetic limbs through e-commerce and other network channels. Before delivery, the amputee can communicate with the manufacturer at any time to add functionality and design to the prosthetic to meet the different needs of the user.
Looking for a solution that can be used widely
Oliver said that it is a priority for him to make others' lives better and more comfortable. In a large economic environment, scientists should be able to achieve this goal in a socially acceptable way. Some people fly to Australia just to buy implants that have been suspended. It carries the risk of infection and needs to be used with caution. But people still go to buy and use, which is very dangerous and expensive. As researchers, their invention is precisely to find a solution that can be widely used implants.
Oliver is from Cambridge, 27 years old, and Emir is 28 years old and grew up in Aberdeenshire, USA. Both were Ph.D. in bioengineering and were partners in the same laboratory during the first year of reading. Now, the two became roommates, Oliver successfully completed his Ph.D., and the Emir shuttled between Cambridge and London, attracting investors with new inventions.
Oliver felt that his entire life was to bring the invention to the public. He explained that he has been trying hard to think about how to combine advanced bionic prosthetics with the body. Compared with a decade ago, I simply thought that it would be good to put the chip or prosthetic there, and now I am at least a doctor who knows the interaction of matter. In 2011, Oliver first described the biological concept of implants at the Royal Society of Physics. During his subsequent reading career, he explained to others again and again the magic of bioengineering materials. He believes that people can use technology to make the body work better, or replace the part that can't work.
Future amputees will be able to use the body to fully control the prosthetic
At the beginning of its establishment, CBAS received an investment of £50,000 from the “Big Challenge†Entrepreneurship Startup Acceleration Program. The incubator founder helped the two founders implement ideas, set goals, arrange for them to meet with entrepreneurial instructors, and help them build a global network of contacts, including even one of the US markets they wish to enter.
It is expected that the first batch of "USB Prosthetics" will be available for sale in 2018, with prices ranging from £3,000 to £5,000, with an effective period of up to 20 years. The two scientists believe that, for new inventions or amputees, the release time should not be accelerated, and there are still many errors in the structure of the new prosthesis that need to be adjusted. But in the trials that have been conducted, the testers say that the feeling of using the new prosthetic is as if they had lost their limbs. Many people have realized that they have a disability because they feel the pain caused by prosthetic limbs. They say that prosthetic walking with a "socket" type joint is as disgusting as walking in the sea. It can be said that the traditional prosthetic limbs make the amputee's body weaker.
Implantable prostheses are significantly different. In clinical use, it is safer, more comfortable, more economical, and more convenient and convenient to install. Just twist it and after a few clicks, the amputee can get up in the morning to climb the mountain and go hiking with his family in the evening. Oliver laughed and said that people can invent very cool things without limiting their imagination.
In the past few years, robotic bionic technology has made amazing progress, such as wearable robots that can help the “frozen people†stand up and walk slowly. In the future, high-tech bionic prosthetics will no longer rely on computer system control, but by the patient's own brain. The invention of CBAS has been tilting toward the field of neuro-information transmission, but they are also studying neural implant systems that can transmit information in real time. Researchers believe that only in the two directions at the same time, the future amputee can use the body to completely control the prosthetic and smoothly complete various actions.
Source: Beijing Youth Daily
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