Special: Prostheses

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Arms, legs or teeth - today, many body parts can be replaced by prosthesis and at first glance cannot be detected as such. It isn’t just the visual appearance that gets better and better, but also – depending on the individual prosthesis – its function.

For more on modern high tech prostheses and the ever increasing fusion of man and machine, read our Special at COMPAMED.de.

Klaus-Peter Hoffmann works at Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) in Germany. There he is head of the department of Medical Engineering and Neuroprosthethics. COMPAMED.de spoke with the expert about artificial arms controlled by muscles, driving a car with hand replacement and prostheses of the future.

- Prostheses: „Further Optimising the Natural Motion Sequence“

Jens Clausen is lecturer and researcher at the institute of ethics and history of medicine at the University of Tubingen, Germany. COMPAMED.de talked with him about remote-controlled bulls, ethical doubts and the use of neuroprosthetics.
- Neuroprosthetics: „There Is no Need to Outline any Horror Scenarios“

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