Dr. D’Lima has been working on the e-knee research for more than 15 years and implanted the first prosthesis in a patient at Scripps Green Hospital in 2004. The “smart” prosthesis contains a computer chip measuring the forces inside a knee while the patient participates in various exercise activities.
Due to the data from the e-knee, researchers are now able to understand how different forces affect the knee and design better implants and improved rehabilitation protocols. There have been 27 articles published in journals that resulted from the technology.
Read the release about Dr. Darryl D’Lima.
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