Sentences with phrase «with artificial joints»

After all, security checks for travelers who are fitted with artificial joints, pacemakers, and other internal devices can be problematic.

Replacement of diseased hip joints with artificial joints is one treatment, both for canine and human patients.

In total hip replacement, a surgeon removes the hip joint and replaces it with an artificial joint.

The diseased joint is removed and replaced with an artificial joint made up of a polished chrome ball and a tight - fitting polyethylene plastic cup.

Not exact matches

Last month, Alibaba showcased some of those capabilities when it disclosed that its use of algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning, coupled with data, helped to shutter 417 production rackets, arrested 332 suspects and seized fake goods valued at RMB 1.43 billion ($ 207.2 million) in a joint operation with Chinese law enforcement between April and July last year.

An artificial hip joint has two parts: a cuplike socket that is attached to the pelvis and a metal stem with a ball on the end that fits into the socket (illustration, page 24).

As with Tesla, the details remain confidential, but the idea is to take coatings normally used to improve the longevity of artificial joints, and apply them to making batteries with dry electrodes.

In a four - hour operation at the University of Florida Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, the surgeons replaced part of the ankle joint with a flexible plastic device about the size of a clothespin, normally used as an artificial joint in the big toes of humans.

Titanium is the leading material for artificial knee and hip joints because it's strong, wear - resistant and nontoxic, but an unexpected discovery by Rice University physicists shows that the gold standard for artificial joints can be improved with the addition of some actual gold.

In the one - stage procedure, the artificial joint is removed along with all infected tissue and a new one inserted in the same operation.

The past century's great advances in medical diagnosis and treatment — including kidney dialysis, artificial body parts such as lenses and joints, magnetic resonance imaging, and genetic testing — could have happened only with crucial contributions from physical scientists and engineers, who will also be needed for the next generation of health care miracles.

All the cases involved sudden and severe deterioration among patients undergoing partial hip replacement, known as hemiarthroplasty, for fractured neck of femur (broken hip), and associated with the use of cement to help hold the artificial hip joint in place.

«In ankle replacement, we replace the damaged surfaces of the ankle joint with an artificial implant,» explained Dr. Deland.

Initial attempts to increase the lifespan of artificial joints were made by various manufacturers in the past using a super-hard coating made of DLC («diamond - like carbon»)-- with disastrous consequences.

Computer scientists Hod Lipson and Jordan Pollack of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, started with a few virtual building blocks: straight bars for structure, joints to connect the bars, and artificial neurons for control.

They tested several species of bacteria that create biofilm on artificial joints, and the process worked with each type.

When someone with a standard artificial hip stands up, their body weight compresses the joint.

Most patients have a total hip replacement (THR) where a damaged hip joint is completely replaced with an artificial one.

«Our work is the first success achieving an artificial ice of magnetic charges with controllable energy states,» said Xiao, who holds a joint appointment between Argonne and NIU.

(4) Conduct a program for end - stage and renal disease research, to include support of projects and demonstrations for providing special services (including transplantation and dialysis), artificial kidneys, and supplies * necessary for the REHABILITATION of individuals suffering from such disease and which will (A) insure dissemination of research findings, (B) provide encouragement and support for initiatives and new approaches by individual and institutional investigators, and (C) establish and maintain close working relationships, with other governmental and voluntary institutions and organizations engaged in similar efforts, in order to unify and coordinate scientific efforts, encourage joint planning, and promote the interchange of data and reports among investigators in the field of end - stage renal disease.

Every bite is packed with everything your pal needs to stay healthy, like antioxidants to support immunity, healthy fibers and l - carnitine to help boost metabolism, glucosamine and chondroitin for supple joints, flaxseeds to support a healthy skin and coat, plus vitamins, minerals, and essential taurine — and none of the things you don't want him to eat, like wheat, corn, soy or anything artificial.

As the name suggests, the hip joint is completely removed and replaced with a synthetic or artificial joint.

And for dogs older than nine months, new advances in total hip replacement (replacing the old joint with a new, artificial one) have led to extraordinary recoveries in as many as 95 percent of cases.