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New surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbs
February 16, 2021MIT
MIT researchers have invented a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees to better control their residual muscles and sense where their “phantom limb” is in space. This restored sense of proprioception should translate to better control of prosthetic limbs, as well as a reduction of limb pain, the researchers say.
In most amputations, muscle pairs that control the affected joints, such as elbows or ankles, are severed. However, the MIT team has found that reconnecting these muscle pairs, allowing them to retain their normal push-pull relationship, offers people much better sensory feedback.
MIT researchers in collaboration with surgeons at Harvard Medical School have devised a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees better control their residual muscles and receive sensory feedback. This restored sense of proprioception should translate to better control of prosthetic limbs, as well as reduction of limb pain, the researchers say.
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IMAGE: The Reactive Additive Manufacturing Machine or RAM, was recognized with a 2021 FLC Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer. The large thermoset 3D printer was co-developed by ORNL and Magnum. view more
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Three technologies developed by researchers at the Department of Energy s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won National Technology Transfer Awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium. The annual FLC Awards recognize significant accomplishments in transferring federal laboratory technologies to the marketplace.
ORNL is among 12 DOE national labs to be honored out of 33 winners from FLC s network of more than 300 federal laboratories, facilities, and research centers. Since the consortium s founding in 1986, ORNL has won a total of 68 awards.
9 Uniformed Services University (USU) researchers working on a new gamma radiation vaccine development platform have been recognized for their efforts, earning the prestigious 2021 Federal Laboratory Consortium’s (FLC) Award for Technology Transfer.
The FLC is the congressionally-mandated organization that educates, promotes, and facilitates federal technology transfer. The Excellence in Technology Transfer Award is presented annually to lab employees, representing more than 300 federal labs supported by the FLC, who have accomplished outstanding work in the process of transferring federally-developed technology.
Dr. Michael J. Daly, professor of Pathology at USU, was recently selected for the FLC Tech Transfer Award for his work “Novel Vaccine Production Using Unique Technology Derived from Radiation-resistant Bacteria.” As part of this research, in collaboration with BMI, Inc., Daly and his colleagues were able to successfully apply a powerful manganese (Mn