Title: Bionic feet for amputee cat
Post by: Tank on June 25, 2010, 12:10:47 PM
Post by: Tank on June 25, 2010, 12:10:47 PM
Bionic feet for amputee cat (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10404251.stm)
Video of cat in link. Sad story with a happy ending.
QuoteA cat that had its back feet severed by a combine harvester has been given two prosthetic limbs in a pioneering operation by a UK vet.
The new feet are custom-made implants that "peg" the ankle to the foot. They are bioengineered to mimic the way deer antler bone grows through the skin.
The operation - a world first - was carried out by Noel Fitzpatrick, a veterinary surgeon based in Surrey.
His work is explored in a BBC documentary called The Bionic Vet...
Video of cat in link. Sad story with a happy ending.
Title: Re: Bionic feet for amputee cat
Post by: joeactor on June 25, 2010, 03:06:19 PM
Post by: joeactor on June 25, 2010, 03:06:19 PM
Wonderful story - thanks Tank!
Could have huge implications for implants in humans too...
Could have huge implications for implants in humans too...
Title: Re: Bionic feet for amputee cat
Post by: Tank on June 25, 2010, 04:20:54 PM
Post by: Tank on June 25, 2010, 04:20:54 PM
Quote from: "joeactor"Wonderful story - thanks Tank!Quite true. Helen McCartney has a similar implant AFAIK, it's not uncommon in the repair work being done on the amputees coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Could have huge implications for implants in humans too...
Title: Re: Bionic feet for amputee cat
Post by: KDbeads on June 25, 2010, 06:53:37 PM
Post by: KDbeads on June 25, 2010, 06:53:37 PM
Isn't it awesome? There was a dog here in the states a few years back that had it done at Alameda East http://www.alamedaeast.com/ (http://www.alamedaeast.com/) and was shown on Animal Planet 
Title: Re: Bionic feet for amputee cat
Post by: Cecilie on June 26, 2010, 01:35:58 AM
Post by: Cecilie on June 26, 2010, 01:35:58 AM
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Title: Re: Bionic feet for amputee cat
Post by: RappingAgnostic on June 26, 2010, 03:07:31 AM
Post by: RappingAgnostic on June 26, 2010, 03:07:31 AM
Nice. I love kitties, I love technology. Kitty+technology=Awesome.