SunSurfer Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Found this piece on the BBC website about Brian bartlett and the BTK knee. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150609-the-man-who-built-himself-an-extreme-knee I found it inspiring, & fascinating in the way engineering is used to try to better replicate the functions of a human knee. The Alpine Injured List thread has reports of joint replacement and still riding. Well it looks like you could be an above knee amputee and still ski, board, mountainbike,.......! The peice references an original article from Mosaic Science http://mosaicscience.com/story/extreme-prosthetic-knee Two other prosthetics mentioned in the piece for action sports - XT9 made by K12 Prosthetics, and the Moto Knee made by Biodapt http://www.fabtechsystems.com/Bartlett-Tendon-Universal-Knee-Product-Detail.html http://xt-9.com/xt9.html http://www.biodaptinc.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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