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Video: Membrane-Powered Prosthetics

Researchers at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØAnschutz teamed up with the Department of Veterans Affairs to use glucose from our body to power small medical devices. Mechanical engineering Professors John Pellegrino and Jacob Segil are working with the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center to use this innovative approach and provide continuous power to limbs, pacemakers and insulin pumps.
 

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_KFb_nhmRc]