Team: Professor Laurent Frossard Dr David Saxby, Professor Michael Schuetz (pictured), Ross Powrie, Caroline Graydon
Project: How bionic limbs can pull more than their weight?
When a bionic limb is surgically implanted, both the recipient of the limb and their clinician wants to ensure that the implant is stable within the bone to avoid pain, implant loosening and infection. Dr Frossard and his team are working towards proof-of-concept of a medical device called Thomax 2.0 which integrates state-of-the-art wearable loading sensors and personalised computational neuromusculoskeletal models to test a digital twin of the residual limb during load bearing exercises.
Greater safety, mobility and less infection is expected with Thomax 2.0 being the first-ever, non-invasive and easy-to-use diagnostic device designed to achieve bionic implant integration that enables pain-free and efficient rehabilitation exercises.
For more information on this and other award winners visit the Bionics Queensland website.