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Prosthetic design

Salford’s research on Prosthetic Design includes work on both upper-limb and lower-limb devices. Our work on lower-limb prostheses has included:

Evaluation of a novel self-aligning hydraulic ankle;

Work on energy inefficiency in amputee gait, including the design and simulation of a novel prosthetic ankle which uses miniature hydraulics, rather than batteries, to store and return energy during gait;

The development of a new framework to enable a paradigm shift in prosthesis design.

Our work on upper-limb prostheses focuses on two quite different problems:

The design of body-powered prostheses for Low to Middle Income Countries (LMICs);

Solving the socket motion artefact problem that causes false activations of myoelectric prosthetic hands.

Industrial collaborators include Blatchford Ltd, COVVI, and Fillauer/TRS.

Click the links below to learn more about projects in this area.

Energy storage and return (ESR) in lower-limb prostheses using miniature hydraulics
Fit for Purpose, affordable body-powered prostheses


Enabling a paradigm shift in prosthesis design through measurement and modelling of functional properties

 

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Janet Quilliam
School of Health and Society
University of Salford
Salford
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e. J.T.Quilliam@salford.ac.uk

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