Society for BioMedical Technology, Bangalore

Activities

PAST PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS DEVELOPED
└	Cytoscan System
└	Project Tulasi
└	Stress Test System
└	Kalam Raju Coronary Stent
└	External Cardiac Pacemaker
└	Slit Lamp Microscope
└	Drishti [Eye Laser]
└	Coronary Catheters
└	Intra-Operative Electrocorticography (ECOG) Electrodes for Surgery in Refractory Epilepsy
└	Orbital Implant

PRODUCTS IN ADVANCED STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT
└	Cochlear Implant
└	Improved Surgical Tool for Minimally Invasive Surgery
└	Trans-Femoral Prosthesis
└	Deep Brain Stimulator
└	hydroxyapatite_orbital_implant

PROJECTS IN PIPELINE
└	Sensor for Intra-Cranial Pressure Monitor
└	Diagnostic Kit for Glycated Hb
└	External Counter Pulsator (ECP)
└	Orthopedic Implants

PRODUCTS IN THE MARKET
└	Floor Reaction Orthosis
└	Orbital Implant
└	Titanium Bone and Dental Implant
└	Critical Care Ventilators
└	Laparoscopic Surgery Training Simulator


	Home > Activities > TRANS-FEMORAL PROSTHESIS

	TRANS-FEMORAL PROSTHESIS Trans-femoral or above-knee (A/K) amputation, which occurs through the thigh, is a very common type of amputation carried out in clinical practice. Typical causes leading to amputation include diabetes, vascular disease and road accidents. A person who undergoes an A/K amputation requires an artificial limb (prosthesis) to stand and walk. The complexity of this amputation is that the prosthesis user now has to control the artificial limb by means of the strength in the residual limb alone. As there is a huge demand for such prostheses which is affordable to the general population, a four bar linkage trans-femoral prosthesis that will significantly improve the efficiency and gait pattern of the amputee has been completed. Technology is available for transfer to industry to take up commercial production.