Been toying with the idea of trying to start recording some short YouTube videos reviewing different TDs I've been collecting over the years.

I found it a little hard to dig up reviews about different models so I just had to gamble and buy them hoping they would actually be useful.

Just brainstorming for some more ideas. My right arm is a result of congenital issues so I've never really had to relearn how to do stuff with it, but I'm trying to make sure I cover things that would interest anyone with limb difference.

Do reviews seem chill? What else do you think I should research or cover?

Hey, I was bullshitting with my coworkers and we somehow got into a discussion about mounting a SBS/DD into a prosthetic leg. If you wear pants would you need a concealed carry? I suggested yes HAHA. Your thoughts or ideas of what you would mount into your own leg?

That would be a cool item to own. I'm at work and would like some cool ideas lol

Hey there ! I’m searching for a community to discuss and learn about stp‘s and other prosthetics! Thx !

Hello! I've had a shoulder and neck problem for a few years and it's been mysterious. Wearing a bra hurts my shoulder a lot. I noticed even more after spending so much time at home with the pandemic and switching to only soft sports bras. Those hurt as well, just not as bad.

I was looking at an old spinal Xray yesterday and it looks like someone drew to my SC joint (where your collar bone and chest meet) and looks like a joint separation. I have a telephone appointment with a doctor tomorrow, so I will be getting professional advice.

What I'm wondering is if anyone has used any kind of medical device to hold up their boobs? I'm hoping there might be some kind of plastic cuff I could put over my shoulder that will distribute the weight off my shoulder or transfer it to the good shoulder. I have used about $15 worth of kt tape to tape one boob up on the side that's in pain. Kinda works over top of the bra. Though I come out lopsided. I've read about trans tape. Looks very similar to kt tape. Generally speaking, tape rips off my skin or causes a heat rash. I've tried 3 different brands.

Wearing no bra at all is less painful, but the weight of my breast is pulling down my neck soft tissues in the most painful way. I know this isn't a medical sub, but if anyone has experience dealing with breaks or joint issues while having big boobs, I'd love to hear about it.

Thanks!

Is there anyone involved with making of devices like TMJ implants or distraction devices etc? Can anyone walk me through what are the necessary degrees required and if there are PhD opportunities for the same? My ultimate motive is to work in industrial research. And I am right now doing undergradiate Physics.

Is there anyone familiar with working on CT scans and making implant models on fusion 360 and doing FEA? How do you go about doing that without access to an actual CT scan? How do you know what forces to give and where for a FEA? To be more specific I am asking about making TMJ Total Replacement Prosthesis.

I have a connective tissue disorder, where my tendons and ligaments are looser than they should be.

I developed a bunion on my right foot about 8 years ago and had a surgery to help ease the discomfort about 2 years ago.

The surgeon shaved the protruding bone and repositioned the nerve that ran along the outside of the bunion. I have had quite a bit of relief from this procedure but in recent months, I have noticed my big toe shifting further away from the next closest metatarsal/phalanges.

My surgeon prefers not to operate again, since he feels there's a 95% failure rate of bunion surgery in hypermobile individuals. Added to that, the next option is either removal and/or fusion of bone, causing me to lose any movement in that toe.

I am very interested to know if there are any products on the market that will help keep my toe from further slipping away from the appropriate area. Perhaps a compression product, a cradle of sorts or a implant (mesh?)?

Can anyone offer advice?

I have a patient and he has a history of a below the arm amputation.

He in a middle eastern native who has been living in the US for about 5 years now. While living there was victim to one of the terrorist groups attacks and lost part of his arm when a bomb detonated near him.

He tells me he was treated by what he reports were US military doctors and after building relationships with them, he then went on to become a translator for the military and was given a pathway to citizenship in the US for his service. He is now a US citizen.

Well, he tells me that the VA does not catorgize him as a vet since he is was not a US citizen during his service and was a contract worker for the US. SO he tells me that every time he calls them he is told that he should seek help with his primary care doc. That is how I got involved.

He established care with me and has a private payer insurance policy.

After multiple calls to the VA and trying to get though to the insurance company, we have basically been told that he does not have these benefits for a prosthesis and that he claims his insurance company is telling him to consider starting up a GoFundMe to cover the cost. We got a quote from one company and it is about $70,000 for the prosthesis.

I've sent some referrals in to several companies but no word yet about special programs or maybe even if they have had luck arguing with insurance companies.

SO my question is, does anyone have any advise on how to help this young man since he lacks his dominant arm? I don't want to just turf him to ortho and I'm basically getting no where reaching out to his insurance company and the VA on his behalf. I do have some calls out to several prosthetic companies but still awaiting replies.

Are we just stuck? Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Hello all!

I am a prosthetics and orthotics student, and I am doing a research project based on the use of vinyl wraps to apply a design onto a device vs. more traditional and established methods. I have done a bit of groundwork reading about vinyl wraps and how they are made (I have very little experience surrounding this subject matter!), but I have come across a few questions without super clear answers online.

1. A lot of P & O devices are manufactured with polyethylene and polypropylene plastics. From google, I've found that vinyls don't tend to stick to these materials very well? Something along the lines of being "Low Surface Energy" plastics. Would anyone be able to clear this up a bit? Are there any other materials that vinyls have trouble adhering to? Is there any way to get vinyls to stick to these plastics more easily (ex 3m tigh tack film)?

2. One of the things we want to take a closer look is the cost effectiveness of vinyl wrapping. It is a bit difficult to find the price of vinyl sheets not longer than about 3 feet by 2 feet, which is the dimensions required for most devices. Do any of you know how much it would cost to get sheets this size? Is it cheaper to just buy a massive car sized sheet? Are there better options?

3. How easily is the vinyl applied? Can a tech be trained to do it relatively quickly? What about a device user (Particularly if they may have neurological and motor deficiencies)?

4. Prosthetic sockets and orthotic braces can be fairly curvy. As such, should only casted vinyl be used? Does it even matter, since these devices aren't being put under the same conditions and stresses as wraps applied to cars?

If there's anyone out there that can answer some of these equations (Or point me in the direction of where to find more answers), that would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you very much.

Links:

https://news.fiu.edu/2018/11/neural-enabled-prosthetic-hand-system-restores-sensation-to-first-human-subject/127803

https://www.facebook.com/fiubiomed/videos/267082170658468/

https://asunow.asu.edu/20181205-solutions-building-prosthetics-can-feel?utm_campaign=ASU_Now+12-11-18&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ASU%20Now&utm_term=ASU&utm_content=%20https%3a%2f%2fasunow.asu.edu%2f20181205-solutions-building-prosthetics-can-feel

Late in 2016, I was approached by Florida International University's Biomedical Engineering Department to be a part of a DARPA funded study that had, at the time, just been approved by FDA to begin trials. On the 17th of March of last year, I was the first person in the world to be implanted with a specially designed Cochlear device in my upper arm that connects existing nerves in my arm to sensors in a specially created prosthetic hand.

Two sensors in the prosthetic hand, one in the pad of the thumb to indicated pinch force and one in the webbing of the hand between thumb and index finger to tell me how open or closed the hand is at any time. When the sensors detect touch or hand opening, they send a signal up a wire to an RF coil. The magnetic coil sits right on top of the magnetic implant under my skin and stays in place. The signal passes through my skin and into the implant which then sends tiny electrical signals to the nerves in my upper arm The research team has been able to isolate the nerves in my phantom limb so that when I open the hand I feel a tingle on the pinky and side of the palm. When the prosthetic thumb makes contact with an object, I receive stimulation on the index finger and thumb of the phantom limb.

It has been amazing journey so far and study will continue for another year. The team is already working on instrumenting a new prosthetic hand that was just released at the beginning if the year called the TASKA hand by Motion Control. The current prosthetic that I am using for this study is technology from the 80s. So there have been som

First off, we are not selling anything as of yet. This is an extensive process to achieving and realizing a final product. I just wanted to inform and to request feedback / possible help on this from anyone willing.

1. My company has successfully developed a proof of concept prototype for an affordable prosthetic device for below elbow amputees (trans-radial). We had a friend at the VA Medical Center (permission to use video was granted) in town ask to try out the prototype. We obviously obliged his request. This device was created for $617 and includes A.I. prediction of a user's intended motion.

2. We are currently in the process of receiving IRB approval for our systematic research on volunteer users and survey participants. However, we wanted to check here first for some non-systematic opinions on device preferences and if this is something r/Prosthetics would be interested in hearing and learning more about.

3. I have seen a lot of posts on here detailing either past work in college or active research work in the field of prosthetic devices. For those people or anyone really; if you have ANY QUESTIONS about prosthetic device design or use I would love to try and offer as much assistance in answering them as possible. If I am unable to answer it, we will learn together. Note that I am an electrical engineer with three years of experience in building and developing these devices and not a prosthetist, so I am unable to answer questions about the socket fitting process with confidence.

4. My goal and the company's goal is to get as much information out there as possible about the true prices and costs of prosthetic devices. Research into the field has proven to be alarming as the prices have remained exorbitant for the last 15 years and little has been done given our strides in technological advancements. Also we love educating people on their use as we believe electromyography in this field is a beautiful thing. We also eventually intend to deliver these devices at an affordable price.

TLDR;

1. Please share opinions you have, good or bad, on prosthetic devices you've either used or encountered in building. e.g. "The device is battery limited", "the device is too heavy", "the device is hard to control", etc.

2. Please ask any questions you have about the design, cost and use of prosthetic devices (your questions reinforce my knowledge). I am eager to answer any and all.

Tha

Hi everyone! My name is Ryan and I am asking for your support for a good cause.

About us:

I am a recent electrical engineering graduate from the UT system and am currently creating a startup company named Alt-Bionics. The company revolves around the continuation of the research and work I completed on bionic prosthetic devices during my time at university.

My collegiate team (4) and I created a functional, below-elbow, bionic hand prototype for ~$624.00 USD (normally in the ($10,000-$100,000 range) that was successfully used by an amputee at a local VA hospital. Since then, I have been doing feasibility, business, and regulatory research to strengthen the foundation of the company and its probability of success. Our company is also officially licensed within the state of Texas. This idea is approaching 3 years old and I am finally ready to move beyond our proven concept and into research, development, and market production. I am asking for your help in jump-starting the company into autonomy and financial traction.

If you found this interesting, but are unable to (or simply do not want to) offer financial support, we would understand. If you would be willing, we would also appreciate if you shared this GoFundMe campaign with anyone you may think would be interested.

TLDR;

I have spent the last three years learning about bionic prosthetic devices (below-elbow prosthetic devices) and how they work from an engineering point of view. I believe I can make them much more affordable and have created a company with a strong foundation that will do just that. I am asking for your financial support or social media dissemination help.

Thank you for your time and for reading. Stay safe out there!

Best,

The Alt-Bionics Team

Alt-Bionics' GoFundMe Campaign Link

My sister was gracious enough to invite my in-laws to her thanksgiving dinner at her house. At the table during dessert, my MIL says loudly to a guest who has a prosthetic device on his arm (whom she had never met) “she’s been asking me all night if you’re Captain Hook,” pointing to grown ass sister in law. Everyone was silent and dumbfounded. The pair tried to save face by asking “do you like crocodiles?” And “where’s your eye patch?” The dude handled it politely and well... but it was NOT “all in good fun.” It wasn’t like they were joking or talking about it with him, or said in genuine interest about his life or anything. I was completely out of left field and inappropriate. His daughter said something like “it’s usually little kids who say stuff like that.” And I probably shouldn’t have said anything but when I said it was completely inappropriate she acted like I have no sense of humor and like it was a tough crowd.

After a night of her dominating the table conversation and making everything about her, putting on her usual acts of playing dumb and speaking in her fake Irish brogue... this was the icing on the cake. I know the dude doesn’t need anyone standing up for him, I was just so ashamed that I brought someone so obnoxious to the table who might have affected everyone’s thanksgiving

Looking forward to the rest of the holiday season dealing with her...