David Sengeh: The sore problem of prosthetic limbs
David Sengeh: Bolesny problem protez kończynowych
Even the most advanced prosthetic isn't useful if it's hard to wear. This observation guides TED Fellow David Sengeh's work at the Biomechatronics group in the MIT Media Lab. Full bio
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w latach 90.,
same experiences we had.
bliskich mi ludzi,
dobrze dopasowane.
po wiele lat,
a nie zawsze tak się dzieje.
tradycyjne metody,
nacisk na kończynę,
w naszych czasach.
how to solve this problem,
jak rozwiązać ten problem.
w MIT Media Lab
metodę elementów skończonych,
wewnętrzne napięcia i naprężenia
szybko i tanio.
amerykański weteran,
z naszych drukowanych części tak:
jakbym chodził na poduszkach.
że narzędzia i technologie
wygodnych i tanich interfejsów
sense of human potential.
własnych możliwości.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Sengeh - Biomechatronics engineerEven the most advanced prosthetic isn't useful if it's hard to wear. This observation guides TED Fellow David Sengeh's work at the Biomechatronics group in the MIT Media Lab.
Why you should listen
David Sengeh was born and raised in Sierra Leone, where more than 8,000 men, women and children had limbs amputated during a brutal civil war. He noticed that many people there opted not to wear a prosthesis because proper fit is such an issue.
Sengeh has pioneered a new system for creating prosthetic sockets, which fit a prothesis onto a patient's residual limb. Using MRI to map the shape, computer-assisted design to predict internal strains and 3D printing to allow for different materials to be used in different places, Sengeh is creating sockets that are far more comfortable than traditional models. These sockets can be produced cheaply and quickly, making them far more likely to help amputees across the globe.
Sengeh was named one of Forbes' 30 under 30 in Technology in 2014, and in April 2014, Sengeh won the $15,000 "Cure it!" Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student Prize.
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