prosthetic device


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Related to prosthetic device: Artificial limb, prostheses
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Noun1.prosthetic device - corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the bodyprosthetic device - corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body
corrective, restorative - a device for treating injury or disease
glass eye - prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glass
implant - a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
obturator - a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)
pegleg, wooden leg, peg, leg - a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
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Kate Gamin wanted the kids who attended the Superhero Cyborg Camp to design a prosthetic device that --.
Therefore, we recommend continuing to allow servicemembers and veterans to select prosthetic-device providers--either in-house fabrication with direct purchase of components and assembly by board-certified VA providers or contracts with prosthetic device providers outside the VA.
- The global cardiac prosthetic device market is expected to be over USD 8.7bn by 2025, according to a new report from Dublin-based Research and Markets.
Average Time per Day Using a Prosthetic Device Key 0-5 hours 12% 6-12 hours 28% 13-18 hours 59% 19 or more hours 1% SOURCE: AMPUTEE COALITION ANSWERS
Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour announced the formation of a permanent technical committee to improve the quality of the prosthetic device industry and implement related research projects, according to a Tuesday statement by the ministry.
Washington, September 16 ( ANI ): Researchers have proved for the first time that it is possible to restore restoring decision-making in people who have reduced capacity due to brain disease or injury with the help of a prosthetic device in non-human primates.
In prior years, the rehabilitation approach was to offer a veteran with a lower-limb loss either a prosthetic device or a wheelchair.
Many years in development, the i-LIMB Hand is a prosthetic device that looks and acts like a real human hand with five individually powered digits, heralding a new generation in bionics and patient care.
Contributors explain the needs and future potential of retinal prosthetic devices, then get specific with information on retina implants (including noninvasive models), visual prostheses that improve reading, subretinal micro-implants for retinitis pigmentosa, electrode architecture for retinal interfaces, circuit designs that model the properties of the outer and inner retina, retinal stimulation with surface electrode arrays, Glaucoma drainage, corneal regeneration, toric lenses in correction of postkeratoplasty, artificial lenses for the treatment of high myopia, a telescoping prosthetic device and internal corneal ring segments for keratoconus.
Sensors in the prosthetic device detect the movement, and direct her robotic hand to close.
Iceland-based prosthetic maker Ossur has launched a voluntary worldwide recall of the 1100, 1900, 2000 and 2100 models of its Total Knee prosthetic device, the company said in a statement on Tuesday (4 April).
"We had a much tighter margin of error in evaluating the fit of the prosthetic device. And we found that the shape changes are much larger than the margin of error of the old technique.