Medical Design Briefs - November 2024 - 33

n Device Strengthens Rotator Cuff Repair
Did you know that pythons
initially hold onto
their prey with their
sharp, backward-curving
teeth? Medical researchers
have long been
aware that these teeth
are perfect for grasping
soft tissue rather than
cutting through it, but
n Finger Pouch Actuator Improves Rehab Gloves
Researchers have succeeded
in adding finger
straightening or extension
to soft rehabilitation
gloves through a novel
foldable pouch actuator
(FPA)
without comprono
one has yet been able to put this concept into surgical
practice.
Researchers focused on the development and regeneration
of the tendon-to-bone attachment, particularly for advancing
tendon-to-bone repair, necessary for rotator cuff
repair, and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The
researchers have developed a python-tooth-inspired device
as a supplement to current rotator cuff suture repair and
found that it nearly doubled repair strength.
The biomimetic approach following the design of python
teeth helps to reattach tendons to bone more securely. The
device not only augments the strength of the repair but can
also be customized to the patient. (Image Credit: Washington
University St. Louis)
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roundup/1124/rotator-cuff-repair.
mising the already existing functionality of finger bending or
flexion.
The novel FPA seamlessly integrates with existing soft actuators
in the rehabilitation gloves. The FPA is the first-ever joint-modular
bi-directional soft actuator. It comprises a single sheet flat,
foldable structure that expands only when it is pressurized, thus
generating the requisite force for finger extension.
The FPA facilitates finger extension in the soft rehabilitation
gloves without compromising the existing functionality offered
by the other soft actuators, such as finger flexion realized by fiber-reinforced
elastomer-based actuators. They confirmed their
findings through tests on a synthetic finger model. Results from
the model showed that the integrated soft actuator could produce
sufficient torque (force) for the required finger movements,
including a joint bending torque of 0.17 Nm and an estimated
straightening torque of 0.12 Nm. (Image Credit: Prof. Wenwei
Yu/Chiba University, Japan)
For more information, visit www.medicaldesignbriefs.com/
roundup/1124/finger-pouch.
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Medical Design Briefs - November 2024 - Intro
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