Prothetics Making Humans Robotic

Could you imagine life without one of your body parts? Today there are about two million people in the United States that are living with amputations, according to the amputee coalition, national advocacy group. As were getting further in the future and technology is way more advanced, scientist have created various bionics. This breakthrough has allowed us to invent bionic body parts, which were developed from artificial, electronically operated mechanical systems that can replace or even aid various body parts. Some of the most familiar bionic body parts created are bionic legs, bionic arms, and bionic eye lenses.

Bionic Body (“Bionic”), a SEC registrant, is a biological medical device company that focuses on the development of implantable biological devices, surgical

Prosthetics has always been part of most of our history, and it has come a long way since then. Forms of prosthetics date way back to the Civil War, and has made a lot of progress throughout the years. During the Civil War, many soldiers would have to be amputated everyday to save their lives. For example, in the text “I Will Not Get Out of Heart Yet,” it states that “Soldiers shot in the arm or leg on the battlefield were highly likely to develop potentially fatal infections, and the only way to prevent a painful death was to cut off the damaged body part.” Despite this fact, prosthetics were extremely uncomfortable to wear and were considered “crude contraptions” and “ were usually made of wood or steel --- that were awkward and painful to wear.” Many soldiers did not like having prosthetic limbs, as they were uncomfortable to wear and awkward to move around with.

The impact of amputation can have many emotional effects on amputees. Many amputees go through a period of low-self esteem and emotional adjustment after losing a limb. Some amputees view themselves of having a problem. This viewpoint is not relatively new, it has been the mindset of amputees for centuries. In the feudal era, knights often had prosthetics made into their armor to appear as if they had all their biological limbs. However, these prosthetics were virtually useless. These views that affected prosthetics can be easily seen today. Cosmesis is a type of prosthetic that can model real limbs with extreme detail such as skin color, freckles, and even hair. Besides the limitations of cosmesis, many amputees report that most people can not distinguish the prosthetic from the real limb (Bowers). Cosmesis is an ongoing study to provide amputees with a life-like prosthesis that offers function and mobility. The desire to gain independence and acceptance of the prosthesis may also influence the advancements of prosthetics.

In the future the medical discovery will be extensive. The world of prosthesis has become more innovative in the last year. In the nineties, prosthetics were made of plastic, wood, and leather. Recently, doctors have designed a prosthetic arm in which the nerves from the brain are sent to the arm. This allows full function. This is only the beginning to a future of bionic prosthetic arms. In the future, doctors could design a bionic arm that doesn't look so robotic. A new arm that looks real and has full function might be designed. If doctors keep on being innovative, the most high tech arm could be created, and the prosthesis will be easy to access.

Many disabled people today live in a world where they are seen as incapable of completing normal daily tasks. Life is a struggle however they can’t do anything else but to carry on. The future of bionic body parts could indefinitely enhance a disabled person’s life. It would allow for them to be more mobile/active, and within that, gain many health benefits to securing a longer and healthier life. At a conference session discussing the future of robotic, a speaker called Harding showed his exoskeleton work in progress. It allowed a paraplegic man to simply stand up and walk with a little bit of aid. In future, products like this could allow paraplegics to get up and walk completely by themselves. This would have a positive impact on physical and mental health (Gibbs, 2015). A future product like this will benefit a diverse group of injured people, whether it’s military injuries or car accident injuries. At this present time, society faces a major problem with organ donations. More people are on an organ transplant list than what is going around, and every year lots of those people die before they get a transplant. Our future body parts made with advanced technology such as computer-aided jet-based 3D tissue engineering would solve this problem. Less people would be dying and more would be living longer. With these positive aspects does come some negative

The medical world is rapidly evolving. Go back just a 10 to 15 year we were still struggling with studying the human mind. Now we are trying to figure out how to alter a creature genetics, bring back a mammoth, and grow back limbs. However, before mankind can regrow limbs it still needs to make better prosthetics. I personally have been fascinated by robotic prosthetics for years because of my great-grandfather. I have done a little research on the topic, however, there is still a lot to know about it.

Prosthetic limbs have been around for centuries, but what is one thing they all have in common? They have all been a nuisance. In recent years technology of the modern day Prosthesis has ventured to new heights, but they have not perfected an artificial limb yet. With the amount of people in need of prosthetic limbs, the demand for a perfect prosthesis is tremendous. The perfect prosthesis shouldn’t feel or even look like an artificial limb. Prosthetics should go unnoticed throughout the rest of the amputee’s life.

By the late 1500 century, a French Army barber/surgeon Ambroise Paré was to be considered the father of prosthesis surgery. He was one of the best when it came to saving enough limb to allow for a prosthetic limb. By this time the advancement in these fake limbs had grown from crude made hands to fully functioning legs. ‘As the U. S. Civil War dragged on, the number of amputations rose astronomically, forcing Americans to enter the field of prosthetics. james Hanger, one of the first amputees of the Civil War, developed what he later patented as the “Hanger Limb” from whittled barrel

Currently, in the U.S., there are nearly 2 million people living with limb loss (Ziegler‐Graham, MacKenzie, Ephraim, Travison, Brookmeyer, 2008). After undergoing surgery, there are two basic options of prosthetics that amputees can choose from: non-microprocessor prosthetics and microprocessor prosthetics. Non-microprocessor prosthetics are solely mechanical in function whereas microprocessor prosthetics use computer technology to sense when to apply resistance to improve the stability of the patient’s gait (Morrison & Topping, 2012). Stability and functionality of the prosthetic is especially important in regaining previous mobility abilities for people with lower limb loss. However, many private insurance companies decline coverage of microprocessor

In the future engineers expect to continue to advance the use of prosthetics to not only

Imagine yourself waking up with no arms. Trying to do anything would prove difficult: for example eating, drinking, using the restroom. What if it was your legs? An eye? A toe? Life would not be any easier. For some people, this is a reality. Whatever the reason for the absence of their limbs, whether it be disease or injury, there is an attachable solution. Unfortunately, science has yet to find a way to regrow your limbs, but scientists have developed a way to simulate the motions and abilities of an actual appendage. They created prosthetics. These devices can look like real limbs and function very similarly. Prosthetics became an important tool in the recovery process for people with impaired capabilities as they can provide much needed

Do people ever think about what would happen if they lost an influential body part and would no longer be able to perform everyday activities like they used to? This is a very serious issue but luckily there are multiple ways to solve it. Amputations, the surgical removal of limbs, can be either the entire limb or just a portion of it (Dictionary.com). Although amputations are only performed on about 0.5 percent of people, this number is bound to increase hand-in-hand with obesity and diabetes (cite source). Prosthetics are artificial limbs that replace these amputated limbs (Dictionary.com). Prosthetics and exoskeletons for the human body continue to transform the way of life for many individuals.

We are all so used to using our limbs, most of us wouldn’t know what to do without them. However, some people, because of accidents or sickness, have lost theirs. Through the use of prosthetics, they can have some of that use back, though it still can’t compare to a real limb. But, recent advancements in robotic prosthetics and a steady increase in capabilities show that prosthetics may eventually be replaced with robotics, and may become just as good as or better than real limbs.

who want limbs that function faster and better. Their demands push the limits of prosthetic