Hope for amputees as UK firm develops infection-free skin- breaching prosthetic
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Bone-anchored, skin-penetrating prosthetics are a promising prospect for amputees, but infection at the "open wound" site has proved problematic. Clinica's Claire Thomas spoke to Stanmore Implants Worldwide, a firm that claims to have solved the problem with a product designed to mimic the natural analogue of deer antlers.