Posted May 8, 2014. When amputees stop wearing their prosthesis, many times it is because of the heat between the stump and the artificial limb; this can cause the leg to be very uncomfortable and cause blistering. U.S. Army Veteran Gary Walters noticed that there was not much that could be done to fix this problem, and wanted to fix it himself. He, along with a couple of his friends at University of Texas San Antonio developed the Aquilonix Prosthesis Cooling System. They created a system that thermoelectrically cools and dissipates heat from between the residual limb and the socket. This eliminates the heating and sweating that causes the amputees to be uncomfortable.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Prosthetic Cooling System
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Posted May 8, 2014. When amputees stop wearing their prosthesis, many times it is because of the heat between the stump and the artificial limb; this can cause the leg to be very uncomfortable and cause blistering. U.S. Army Veteran Gary Walters noticed that there was not much that could be done to fix this problem, and wanted to fix it himself. He, along with a couple of his friends at University of Texas San Antonio developed the Aquilonix Prosthesis Cooling System. They created a system that thermoelectrically cools and dissipates heat from between the residual limb and the socket. This eliminates the heating and sweating that causes the amputees to be uncomfortable.
Posted May 8, 2014. When amputees stop wearing their prosthesis, many times it is because of the heat between the stump and the artificial limb; this can cause the leg to be very uncomfortable and cause blistering. U.S. Army Veteran Gary Walters noticed that there was not much that could be done to fix this problem, and wanted to fix it himself. He, along with a couple of his friends at University of Texas San Antonio developed the Aquilonix Prosthesis Cooling System. They created a system that thermoelectrically cools and dissipates heat from between the residual limb and the socket. This eliminates the heating and sweating that causes the amputees to be uncomfortable.
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