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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Emerging Post‐CMOS Hardware Neurons for Brain‐Inspired Computing: Devices, Circuits, and System Integration

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The physical realization of artificial neurons is a critical challenge for energy‐efficient neuromorphic computing. This review presents a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of artificial neuron implementations from conventional CMOS to emerging post‐CMOS technologies.
Kannan Udaya Mohanan, Hocheon Yoo, Benoît H. Lessard, Ioannis Kymissis, Chang‐Hyun Kim   +4 more
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A new passive transfemoral prosthesis mechanism based on 3R36 knee and ESAR foot providing walking and squatting

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 2023
Researchers have proposed various linkage mechanisms to connect knee and ankle joints for above-knee prostheses, but most of them only offer natural walking. However, studies have shown that people assume a squatting posture during daily activities. This
Amer Imran, Borhan Beigzadeh, Mohammad Reza Haghjoo   +2 more
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Degradable, Skin‐Conformal Nanocomposite‐Based Bioelectronic Patches for High‐Fidelity Electrophysiology and Gesture‐Controlled Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A degradable, skin‐conformal bioelectronic patch combines a starch‐dominated nanocomposite conductor with a gelatin substrate to enable sensitive strain sensing, high‐fidelity electrocardiography, electromyography, electrooculography, and machine‐learning‐assisted gesture control.
Ming Dong, Hongna Yuan, Shubo Liu, Abdulkadir Sanli, Emiliano Bilotti, Han Zhang, Pietro Cataldi, Karin Hing, Oliver Fenwick, Colin J. Humphreys, Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou   +10 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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Advances in Bio‐Integrated Edge Computing Systems for Smart and Connected Health

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores advances in bio‐integrated edge computing for healthcare, focusing on co‐designing computing, sensing, and energy strategies to overcome integration and power challenges for optimized, decentralized operation. ABSTRACT Recent advances in bio‐integrated healthcare technologies have enabled continuous, high‐resolution monitoring and ...
Gyuwon Kim, Seungwon Yoo, Tae Woog Kang, Yunuo Huang, Woon‐Hong Yeo   +4 more
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Investigation of Hip Joint Prosthesis Damage [PDF]

, 2001
Following total hip arthroplasty the durability of a prosthetic implant depends on many factors but is generally limited by two types of damage: wearing of frictional surfaces of the acetabular and femoral component as well as the loosening and ...
Šarić, V., Opalić, M., Dovžak Bajs, I.   +2 more
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Erectile response to intracavernous injection of vasoactive drugs after penile prosthesis removal [PDF]

, 1990
Two patients with a history of penile prosthesis removal presented for non-prosthetic treatment of their erectile dysfunction. The first patient had a penile implant for two years before it was removed and showed extensive cavernosal fibrosis. He did not
Stief, Christian Georg, Gall, Helmut, Bähren, Wolfgang, Scherb, Wolfgang   +3 more
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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang, Liao Wu, Shuai He, Zhao Sha, Yuwan Huang, Shuying Wu, Dewei Chu, Chun H. Wang, Shuhua Peng   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-term results of a hydroxyapatite-coated femoral component in total hip replacement. A 15- to 21-year follow up study

, 2007
Between 1986 and 1991 we implanted 331 consecutive Furlong hydroxyapatite-coated femoral components of a total hip replacement in 291 patients. A cemented acetabular prosthesis was used in 217 hips and a hydroxyapatite-coated component in 114.
Rajaratnam, S.S., A. Tavakkolizadeh, R J Fletcher (13437510), Jack, C., George, M.D., A Tavakkolizadeh (16046336), Fletcher, R.J., S. S. Rajaratnam, C Jack (16046333), J. A. N. Shepperd, J A N Shepperd (16046342), Sheppard, J.A.N., C. Jack, Tavakkolizadeh, A., Hankins, M., M. Hankins, R. J. Fletcher, M Hankins (50557), M. D. George, S S Rajaratnam (16046330), M D George (16046339)   +20 more
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