New 'bionic' leg gives amputees a natural gait
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 15:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Mechanical engineer Michael Goldfarb, right, and Craig Hutto, the young amputee who has been testing the state-of-the-art prosthetic leg for the Vanderbilt engineers. A new lower-limb prosthetic developed at Vanderbilt University allows amputees to walk without the leg-dragging gait characteristic of conventional artificial legs.