David Sengeh: The sore problem of prosthetic limbs
David Sengeh: Het zere probleem van protheses
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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in Sierra Leone,
in de jaren negentig
dat ik er alles aan zou doen
same experiences we had.
van een Sierra Leone
om macht te verkrijgen.
van de prothese
met de prothetische enkel.
tot vaak jaren
- misschien - goed past.
conventionele technieken
van één materiaal.
how to solve this problem,
voor dit probleem.
aan het MIT Media Lab
vormen te registreren,
om beter te voorspellen
klaar te maken voor productie.
van meerdere materialen,
nieuwe prothesekokers te maken.
een veteraan,
als lopen over een kussen,
de gereedschappen en processen
door oorlog en ziekte,
comfortabele en betaalbare
of in Boston,
behalve een herstel,
sense of human potential.
van wat ze voor mogelijk houden.
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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