High-tech artificial limbs empower war amputees raring to run

Posted on: Sunday, December 18, 2005
High-tech artificial limbs empower war amputees raring to run

By William Cole
Advertiser Military Writer

Sgt. Jorge De Leon has his microprocessor-driven prosthetic leg adjusted by Kai Newton of Advanced Prosthetics & Orthotics of the Pacific. De Leon, who lost his leg in an explosion in Afghanistan, even runs marathons and rides a bike. About 15 people in Hawai'i have microprocessor-enabled limbs.

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Jorge De Leon, 32, leg (AK)