Behind the Engineering that Goes into a Leg Prosthesis (.PDF Download)

Aug. 25, 2014
n 1919, a German prosthetist named Otto Bock surveyed the results of the bloody butchery of World War I and set out to improve the functionality of the artificial limbs that wounded soldiers and civilians needed to carry on their lives. His first innovation was to make the production... Register or sign in below to download the full article in .PDF format, including high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable.

In 1919, a German prosthetist named Otto Bock surveyed the results of the bloody butchery of World War I and set out to improve the functionality of the artificial limbs that wounded soldiers and civilians needed to carry on their lives. His first innovation was to make the production...

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