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The IAA Humanitarian Award

This very special award is not given out every year by the association. In fact, this award has only been awarded twice in the past.
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Brigham Doctors Set Sights on Leg Transplants in Boston

via The Boston Globe: Hospital screening patients for a surgery that would be first of its kind in the US: Boston surgeons who have successfully transplanted donor faces and hands onto badly disfigured patients are now evaluating several amputees for leg transplants, a highly experimental operation believed to have been done just twice around the world, and never in the United States.Brigham and Women's Hospital approved the leg transplant protocol in February. Surgeons initially would perform…See More
May 29
Iraj Moslehi posted a photo

2013 Humanitarian Award

The IAA Humanitarian award is given in recognition of volunteer services which benefit patients.
May 28
Mark Lesek posted a blog post

Osseointegration Demo at ACA conference.

See me at the ACA conference for a demonstration of new function for short stump above elbow amputees who normally at my level give up wearing a prosthesis and to disprove the US myth and fear that this treatment fails because of infection- after 4 years it only gets better with no infection what so ever and living proof that this treatment works. I am a 56 y o very short upper dominate arm amputee due to a car wreck 9 years ago, so short that amputees at my level normally give up wearing a…See More
May 25
Mark Lesek commented on Mark Lesek's blog post Osseointegration, Misinformation and Cover-up Exposure
"See me at the ACA conference for a demonstration of new function for short stump above elbow amputees who normally at my level give up wearing a prosthesis and to disprove the US myth and fear that this treatment fails because of infection- after 4…"
May 25
Chris S updated their profile
May 25
Wayne Renardson posted a discussion

Athlete-Amputee Becomes Artificial Limb Inventor (Video)

via Yahoo News (CBS News):CBS News' Ben Tracy reports on an inventor whose idea for an artificial limb design was borne out of his own experience losing his lower leg in a sporting accident.The video here:http://tinyurl.com/kgyo7ryWayne Renardson amp-l mailing listamp-l@u.washington.eduhttp://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/amp-l   See More
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Wolf Schweitzer posted a blog post

Weird guys at Fast Company, really weird.

First they DELETE Jon's and my comments from their "6 million dollar man" type bionic hype article and edit it to make it less imbecile looking.http://www.fastcompany.com/1514543/bionic-legs-i-limbs-and-other-super-human-prostheses-youll-envySo I re-post the comment recently.Then they laugh off 3D printing for everyone.…See More
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Mark Lesek posted a video

Mark Lesek: A New/Old Prosthetic

Follow Mark on Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/114778778979884307299/about Mark lost his arm several years ago. Now his search for a better prosthetic c...
May 10
Daniel Almendarez is now a member of OpenProsthetics.org
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Osseointegration Demo at ACA conference.

Posted by Mark Lesek on May 25, 2013 at 8:50am 0 Comments

See me at the ACA conference for a demonstration of new function for short stump above elbow amputees who normally at my level give up wearing a prosthesis and to disprove the US myth and fear that this treatment fails because of infection- after 4 years it only gets better with no infection what so ever and living proof that this treatment works.

I am a 56 y o very short upper dominate arm amputee due to a car wreck 9 years ago, so short that amputees at my…

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SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Open Prosthetics is our informational site and has links to accept donations. We maintain an Instructables Group, on which completed designs can be posted, and other collaboration can happen. We also have a a Google Group.

We're working on a wiki, where we will post information on prosthetics in general, to include information on the history of prosthetics, and a users guide to what is available.

Too many ways to find out about stuff? Maybe, but use whatever you're comfortable with, and we're sure the good ideas will get noticed.

Pimp My Arm

The place at OPP where users can talk about their needs and desires for prosthetic development, and volunteers can discuss solutions. This is the "blue sky," "no idea too crazy," Halfbakery section of the project. A more detailed explanation is here.

Pimp my arm has sections for arms, legs, and everything else.

More About the Wiki

A wiki is a user-editable webpage. Ours has sections on the various projects we're hoping to get users and volunteers working on.

We'd like to figure out what people need in a toolkit to maintain their prostheses as needed.

We're looking for help designing a survey to figure out what amputees like and don't like about their prostheses (if they wear them at all). Here's your chance to tell everyone what they should have asked you.

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