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Patients can customise ...
THE launch of new joint replacement products mean patients can now customise their device to fit with their lifestyle.
DePuy Orthopaedics, a global leader in devices for joint replacement, has launched a new portfolio of Sigma knee products that offers surgeons the ability to select from a wide range of instruments and implants based on a spectrum of patient needs and their own surgical preferences.
President David Floyd said: 'These significant enhancements to the Sigma knee group are the beginning of a new era of products and solutions designed to offer high performance instrumentation, customisation, quicker recovery, and longer-term durability for the wide range of patients seeking knee replacement today."
DePuy Orthopaedics has also launched the Sigma High Performance instruments, a new line of instruments designed to enhance procedure efficiency, surgical precision and flexibility.
THE launch of new joint replacement products mean patients can now customise their device to fit with their lifestyle.
DePuy Orthopaedics, a global leader in devices for joint replacement, has launched a new portfolio of Sigma knee products that offers surgeons the ability to select from a wide range of instruments and implants based on a spectrum of patient needs and their own surgical preferences.
President David Floyd said: 'These significant enhancements to the Sigma knee group are the beginning of a new era of products and solutions designed to offer high performance instrumentation, customisation, quicker recovery, and longer-term durability for the wide range of patients seeking knee replacement today."
DePuy Orthopaedics has also launched the Sigma High Performance instruments, a new line of instruments designed to enhance procedure efficiency, surgical precision and flexibility.
Energy-capturing brace can power an ipod
A NEW energy-capturing knee brace can generate enough electricity from walking to operate a motorised prosthetic joint, an ipod or a mobile phone.
The wearable mechanism works in the same way as the power-generating brakes found in hybrid cars, which collect the kinetic energy that would otherwise be lost as heat when a car slows down. The knee brace harvests the energy lost when a human brakes the knee after swinging the leg forward to take a step.
The mechanism was developed by Dr. Arthur Kuo of the University of Michigan, who calls his invention a 'biomechanical energy harvester'.
He said: 'There is power to be harvested from various places in the body and you can use that to generate electricity - the knee is probably the best place.
A NEW energy-capturing knee brace can generate enough electricity from walking to operate a motorised prosthetic joint, an ipod or a mobile phone.
The wearable mechanism works in the same way as the power-generating brakes found in hybrid cars, which collect the kinetic energy that would otherwise be lost as heat when a car slows down. The knee brace harvests the energy lost when a human brakes the knee after swinging the leg forward to take a step.
The mechanism was developed by Dr. Arthur Kuo of the University of Michigan, who calls his invention a 'biomechanical energy harvester'.
He said: 'There is power to be harvested from various places in the body and you can use that to generate electricity - the knee is probably the best place.
