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Kite received a bionic prosthetic leg

22.06.2021

A team from the Medical University of Vienna, led by Professor Oskar Asmann, has made another breakthrough in the field of bionic devices. Experts managed to replace the lost paw of a lamb kite named Mia, a representative of the largest birds of prey in Europe. He became the first bird in the world with such a complex prosthesis.

Kite Mia arrived at the Austrian Owl and Birds of Prey Nature Reserve in Haringsee with a badly damaged leg that had to be amputated. The phenomenon is not so rare, and for small birds with a symbolic body weight it is not difficult to learn how to get by with one paw. In the case of Mia, everything is exactly the opposite - a huge and heavy bird will not even be able to land properly after a flight without having a reliable support on two paws.

Therefore, it was decided to conduct an experiment on osseointegration, when the prosthesis is mounted directly on the rest of the bone and subsequently grows into it. As a result, scientists went even further - Professor Asmann has already installed three biomechanical prostheses with the control of mental impulses in people, and decided to try to do the same with a kite. Everything turned out great, Mia began to walk three weeks after the operation, and by the sixth week she had already learned to fully transfer her body weight to the prosthesis.

Of course, such a simple prosthesis will not replace a real paw in every sense, but it is much more perfect than primitive models. Osteoporception technology assumes that the creature eventually develops a natural connection with the device, and begins to use it as if it were "native", without discomfort to itself.

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