A smart prosthesis is a wearable design concept that integrates artificial intelligence and smart technologies into the construction of a prosthetic limb. The magic of prosthetic design lies in its ability to bring life experiences to people with arthritis and missing limbs.
While prosthetics have come a long way in product development since they were conceived, smart technology has ushered in a new era of prosthetic design to reinvigorate its broad potential in healthcare.
1. Integrating smart technology into prosthetic structures
What differentiates traditional prosthetics from smart prosthetic designs is the embedded sensors and technology that can sense the user’s movements through regular use.
Smart technology in prosthetics relies on a sensor system that predicts the natural body language of the person wearing the prosthesis, optimizing their experience for precise processing and movement.
2. Let smart prosthetics dance and play football
Recently, the domestic bionic technology community has been devoted to researching intelligent prosthetics that can dance, play football, and accomplish many things that were “impossible” in the past.
The biggest difficulty in developing intelligent prosthetics is how humans and machines coordinate. Humans are very casual when they walk. How can a machine perceive the unconsciousness of humans, or the randomness of humans?
The electric prosthetic limb adopts motion energy recovery technology, muscle bionic technology, bionic core algorithm, skill learning technology, etc., which makes the user’s running, climbing steps and other telescopic movements more convenient, and the intelligent prosthetic robot can learn the user’s walking habits, so as to achieve ” Human-Machine One”.
3. Flexible prosthetics can reduce the pain of users
Every 30 seconds, a diabetic patient in the world has his leg amputated. These patients often suffer from neuropathy, loss of sensation in the lower extremities, and thus undetectable damage caused by an inappropriate prosthesis, leading to amputation.
A new prosthesis developed using microfluidic-enabled flexible robotics promises to dramatically reduce skin ulcers and pain in patients with ankle and knee amputees.
Instead of creating a new type of prosthetic socket, the typical silicone/fabric limb pad is replaced by a single-layer pad that integrates a soft fluid actuator as an interface layer. These actuators are designed to inflate the residual limb to different pressures based on its anatomy to reduce pain and prevent pressure ulcers.
I hope the amputees will not lose confidence and integrate into society better psychologically and physically.
Post time: Sep-17-2022