{"id":82762,"date":"2018-05-16T10:15:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T14:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762//?p=82762"},"modified":"2019-06-17T12:04:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:04:18","slug":"universities-launch-first-u-s-clinical-trial-3d-printed-prosthetics-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762//universities-launch-first-u-s-clinical-trial-3d-printed-prosthetics-children/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Partners on First U.S. Clinical Trial for 3D-printed Prosthetics for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first U.S. clinical trial of bionic arms for children produced on 3D printers launches today thanks to researchers at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland and the team at Limbitless Solutions, a nonprofit based at UCF that creates bionic arms for children./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201cWe hope our work will ultimately allow us to provide prosthetic arms to children at little or no cost,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201d Manero says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/n

Albert Chi, associate professor of surgery in the OHSU School of Medicine, will be the lead clinical investigator in collaboration with Albert Manero /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201912 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201914MS /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201916PhD, CEO and a co-founder of Limbitless Solutions./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201cWhere this goes from here is going to be huge,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201d says Chi, a national leader in advanced prosthetic technology. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201cIt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u2019s my personal aspiration to provide advanced prosthetics to all those in need. Making it affordable and accessible is the goal, and I really do believe 3D printing technology is the solution./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/n

Thousands of children are born without arms each year and there are few good options for them. Between therapy and material, the combined cost of traditional prosthetics can easily exceed $100,000 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u2013 prohibitively expensive for children who will quickly outgrow the devices./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201cBut our bionic arms can change all that,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201d Manero says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201cWe hope our work will ultimately allow us to provide prosthetic arms to children at little or no cost. There is a real psychological-social aspect of having an arm they can customize and which reflects their personality. It allows kids to be kids and understand their opportunities are limitless./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/n

Limbitless/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u2019 myoelectric arms operate by using a pair of lead wires placed on the skin to activate the device when children flex their muscles. The devices can be produced at a hardware cost of less than $1,000 each in the lab at UCF. The latest version of the arm includes multiple motors and smartphone technology to improve a child/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/u2019s ability to grip objects and use the arm for various gestures./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82762/n