Thousand Ground Lift

The surmounting obstacles and strange experiences that arise after facing surgical challenges like amputation, brings about a fleet of hesitation and under confidence in the sufferer. Amputation affects the psyche of a person, leaving him in a deterrent demeanor. Gazing at the technical side of things, the primary issue looked upon after an amputation surgery is the adaptation of the person to his altered physical state, inconclusive of what future endeavors

Stark Reformation

The outgrowth of various neuromuscular ailments and diseases, causing deterioration of one’s abilities to perform instinctive movements, does more harm than good to the physiological functioning of the human body. Growth of sarcomas or disability in the bones structure of a person, which cannot be duly, stopped dead in its tracks calls for drastic medical measures. One such drastic measure that is considered to be the eventual answer to such rapidly advancing condition, preventing further downfall of a person’s physiological health is known as Amputation.

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Amputation is done by severing a body part of a person, to prevent rapid spread of an infectious or incurable ill disease to the rest of the body. There are several factors behind amputation becoming a valid viable option for a person contracted with a rapidly spreading disease. Common factors that call for amputation are the growth of incurable malignant cells on a portion of the body or complications backed by metabolic diseases such as diabetes, which compromises the healing capabilities of the immune system against any external infections that a person may have contracted. Careful diagnoses of the prevalent condition and the stages at which the condition has got worse, permits a doctor to take an executive decision of going in for a surgery with the patient.

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The Leg is the most common body part in which major infections like Gangrenous deterioration can occur. A patient suffering from diabetes is prone to have prolonged irrecoverable wounds which cannot be felt by him due to the loss of sensation in his neuropathy, a result of excess glucose present in his blood levels. Formation of this wound takes places due to this loss of sensation, followed by what is known as Wet Gangrene. As mentioned before increase in high blood sugar levels damages the nerves and makes circulation of blood to the leg difficult, the result being inability of the injuries to heal themselves, due to the lack of immune cells citing the lack of blood flow. If this Gangrene infection spreads further, then surgery is the only option.

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If the infection crosses the knee area then above the knee amputation is mainly preferred. This kind of amputation is mainly considered to be a viable option, to best prevent the chances of any post surgery outbreak of the infection. The surgery begins by using a tourniquet, which blocks the flow of blood below the area where it is fastened, preventing any excess blood loss in that region after amputation. The Femur bone is dissected at approximately 5- 6 inches parallel to the knee joint. Using a muscle tissue an anterior flap is made to cover the dissected opening of the muscles and femur bone, concluding the surgery.

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With the surgery done the patient shall then opt for a suitable prosthesis option, that he will undergo rehabilitation for. With the advent of technology, many new prosthesis options are being manufactured in the veins of traditional as well as modern designs, giving the user plethora of options to choose from.

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Despite the advancement in various prosthesis, the main concern faced by many amputees is the artificial knee function, that comes with it. Many users complain about the sterile static nature of knee function, which makes optimizing movements difficult. Use of an open and close mechanism in the traditional prosthetic design, makes adaption and learning very tedious and time consuming for a new amputee. To overcome all these drawbacks organizations like Ottobock have put together its resources and technology in development of advanced knee systems, which can be availed by the amputees as a replacement to the existing static and tedious grades of prosthesis.

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One of the many noted innovations of Ottobock in the field of knee prosthesis is the Genium Microprocessor Controlled knee joint. As stated before, the amputees feel the need to go perform and function every task normally as they did, before they underwent amputation. The Genium Microprocessor Controlled Knee Joint was the result of such careful case studies, and years of research invested in coming up with the closest possible working framework, similar to the human physiological functioning. Genium works on a locomotive system that enables a really fluid and free flowing movement along with protective shields, guarding the internal mechanism. This encasing of the internal working, makes the use of Genium very viable in places were contact with water is eminent having no effect on the locomotive systems smooth functionality.

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Another splendid innovation brought upon by the Research an Technician team of Ottobock is the 3R80 knee joint. Developed with the goal of providing fluid mechanism, it facilitates an active and constructive knee joint that works well and complements natural gait while working flawlessly in any condition. The 3R80 knee joint has been embraced as an active choice by many amputees leading to an increase in their daily productivity. It is considered to a workhorse among Ottobocks knee joint prosthesis with an ability to sustain weight up to 175 kilograms. Unlike the Genium knee joint the 3R80 uses hydraulic mechanism in its inner structure. Close knit actions like climbing stairs are well articulated by this combination of stress sustaining durable build and use of hydraulic mechanism by the 3R80 knee joint. It also features a manual lock that acts as an encasing and protects the inner structural framework from any external degradation factors like water or grime.

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All the stated knee joint option can be attached and assembled with any prosthesis foots manufactured by Ottobock. This combination will result in formation of high a quality prosthetic framework, for the amputee. The amount of efforts put in by Ottobock has bore fruits over the years, and actively assisted in improving he functional capabilities of the amputees leading to an increase in their quality of life. All these utilities have embarked a new beginning for all the unfortunates commenced on a different life journey.

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Rolling with punches: Effective Orthoses Solutions

Injuries and deformities of numerous forms affect an individual on many levels by altering his natural body flair and response to the brain signals that intend performing diverse tasks. Minor physiological issues may be solved using support tools whereas major neuromuscular injuries would need major orthopedic solutions. The use of Orthoses has increased on a wide scale among individuals of all age groups due to the rise in physiological disorders, which if not taken

Reinventing The Wheel: Wheelchairs and Disabilities

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Reawakening: Life after prosthesis

To the ordinary eye, the life of a handicap or disabled person may seem to be bound by the things he does, a less fortunate opposite of his own self. A person with disability is looked down with pity by bystanders without having any contemplation about what is really going inside his mind. Just like everyone else a person with disability views life from a different

Deconstructing Prosthesis: A new chapter in mobility after amputation

The human body is the most beautiful and practical example of a framework that is capable of performing complex tasks with ease and accuracy. In retrospect the evolution of even smaller body parts like the thumb and ears occurred 3.4 million years ago and enhanced our functional abilities by three folds. But a tragic incident or unfortunate illness in life may lead to trauma or could call for an amputation and cease the mobility of a person. In such cases, artificial aids called as prosthesis is used to facilitate and help the person in getting back to his normal life. Over the years with the

Radical Extremity

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Lengths of Vitruvian: Human Immune System and Orthosis

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Dogged Inclination: Countless Evolution’s from blunt to fearless

An amputee’s existence is always looked down upon with pity in our society. Due to the deployments in their favor that do more in lowering the public morale of the physically disabled among the normal functioning humans, the extensive presence of constructive aids leaves a burning desire in a paraplegic to fit in among us. The circumstances that lead them to making certain uncanny choices in life often leave the feeling of a divide between them and us.