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Structural Motifs in Soft Fibrous Tissues: Revealing Structure‐Mechanics Relationships in Deformation and Tear Resistance for Biomimetic Material Design

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores how soft fibrous tissues achieve their remarkable mechanical behavior through recurring structural motifs across multiple length scales. It highlights key advances in mimicking these features using fiber‐reinforced hydrogels and hierarchical composites, offering insights into mechanical compatibility, flaw tolerance, and tear ...
Mirit Sharabi
wiley   +1 more source

The Footropter: A Passive Prosthetic Prescription Tool With Adjustable Forefoot and Hindfoot Stiffness

open access: yesIEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Commercially available prosthetic feet are fabricated to have a fixed forefoot and hindfoot stiffness that cannot be changed in a clinical setting. This does not allow for patients to quickly compare multiple prosthetic foot stiffnesses to choose the ...
Harrison L. Bartlett   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prosthetic rehabilitation of resected orbit in a case of mucormycosis

open access: yesThe Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society, 2018
The design of orbital prosthesis to rehabilitate patients with orbital exenteration depends on the underlying clinical condition, material chosen for prosthesis, method of retention of the prosthesis, and and preference of the patient.
Harsimran Kaur   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using a cognitive prosthesis to assist foodservice managerial decision-making [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The artificial intelligence community has been notably unsuccessful in producing intelligent agents that think for themselves. However, there is an obvious need for increased information processing power in real life situations. An example of this can be
Feinstein, Andrew H.   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Multifunctional Biomedical Devices with Closed‐Loop Systems for Precision Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores two major types of closed‐loop therapeutic systems: self‐sustained and externally triggered. It highlights recent advances in stimuli‐responsive materials, integrated bioelectronics, and data‐driven control strategies, offering insight into emerging strategies for personalized, responsive drug delivery.
Yixuan Leng, Rujie Sun
wiley   +1 more source

Human-centered Electric Prosthetic (HELP) Hand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Through a partnership with Indian non-profit Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti, we designed a functional, robust, and and low cost electrically powered prosthetic hand that communicates with unilateral, transradial, urban Indian amputees through a
Ferris, Jamie   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Advances in Photonic Materials and Integrated Devices for Smart and Digital Healthcare: Bridging the Gap Between Materials and Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This article summarizes significant technological advancements in materials, photonic devices, and bio‐interfaced systems, which demonstrate successful applications for impacting human healthcare via improved therapies, advanced diagnostics, and on‐skin health monitoring.
Seunghyeb Ban   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Affordable Insole-Sensor-Based Trans-Femoral Prosthesis for Normal Gait

open access: yesSensors, 2018
This paper proposes a novel and an affordable lower limb prosthesis to enable normal gait kinematics for trans-femoral amputees. The paper details the design of a passive prosthesis with magneto-rheological (MR) damping system and electronic control.
Srinivas Pandit   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Mechanoelectric Conversion to Tissue Regeneration: Translational Progress in Piezoelectric Materials

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent progress in piezoelectric materials for regenerative medicine, emphasizing their ability to convert mechanical stimuli into bioelectric signals that promote tissue repair. Key discussions cover the intrinsic piezoelectric properties of biological tissues, co‐stimulation cellular mechanisms for tissue regeneration, and ...
Xinyu Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design of Custom Made Prosthesis of the Hip

open access: yesTehnicki vjesnik - Technical Gazette, 2019
Replacement of a natural hip joint with an artificial is one of the most commonly used surgical procedures in orthopaedic surgery. This paper describes the methodology of the hip joint prosthesis design, which presents the foundation for the automation of all stages of the development of custom-made prostheses. A general mathematical model based mostly
Tabakovic S   +3 more
openaire   +5 more sources

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