Microfluidics-enabled soft robotic prosthetics show promise

Microfluidics-enabled soft robotic prosthetics show promise to reduce skin ulcerations, pain in amputees

Every 30 seconds, a leg is amputated somewhere in the world due to diabetes. These patients often suffer from neuropathy, a loss of sensation in the lower extremities, and are therefore unable to detect damage resulting from an ill-fitting prosthesis, which leads to the amputation of a limb.

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Waterloo , Ontario , Canada , Canadian , Carolyn Ren , Emily Henderson , University Of Waterloo , Amputation , Chip , Diabetes , Knee , Laboratory , Microfluidics , Neuropathy , Rain , Prosthetic , Research , Skin ,

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