Microfluidic-based soft robotic prosthetics promise relief for diabetic amputees - EurekAlert

In Biomicrofluidics, scientists reveal their development of a new type of prosthetic using microfluidics-enabled soft robotics that promises to greatly reduce skin ulcerations and pain in patients who have had an amputation between the ankle and knee. They st…

image: Proof-of-concept rendering (left) and photo (right) of the prototype of the new microfluidics-enabled soft robotic prosthesis for lower limb amputees.view more  Credit: Waterloo Microfluidics… [+3965 chars]

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