Iraq War Creating Advances in Prosthetics

Iraq War Creating Advances in Prosthetics
March 24, 2008 10:10 PM EDT
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Iraq War Creating Advances in Prosthetics
The U.S. Army has helped expedite progress in getting the C-Leg to market.

Wounded soldiers returning from Iraq are getting bionic replacement parts, and the new hi-tech artificial legs are available in Las Vegas.
Dan Ramsey can relate to soldiers who have lost a limb. His own leg was blown off by a land mine in Vietnam -- an explosion that killed two other soldiers.
He's now an expert on replacements as a designer with Prosthetic Center of Excellence in Las Vegas. He says military demands speed up research and development.

First computer-controlled artifical leg

First computer-controlled artifical leg

February 15, 2008 | 8:09 PM

By Karina RuskSAN JOSE, CA (KGO) -- Many people who rely on a prosthetic limb have to really concentrate when they walk to prevent stumbling or falling. However, now there's a new computer-controlled artificial limb on the market, and it's one some South Bay amputees tried out Tuesday.