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Cat Gets Prosthetic Legs, Becomes World's Most Adorable Cyborg

Started by President Television, July 08, 2010, 07:43:27 PM

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President Television

July 08, 2010, 07:43:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcy78rnDKiQ

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/07/08/cat.bionic.feet/index.html?hpt=C2

QuoteA British cat, Oscar, has made a full recovery after being fitted with a pair of prosthetic feet in November. The cat's hind paws were severed by a combine harvester.

The three-hour procedure, performed at an animal hospital in Surrey, England, by neuro-orthopaedic veterinary surgeon Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick, could serve as a model for human amputees.

Oscar's custom-made implants, ITAPs (Intraosseous transcutaneous amputation prosthetics), were modeled after deer antlers, which have a honeycomb structure that bones can grow through and skin can grow over.

QuoteFitting a cat with a prosthesis at the joint below the animal's ankle is a procedure that had never been performed, said Fitzpatrick, who waited seven months to announce news of Oscar's surgery because he wanted to see how the cat would recover.

D'aaaaaaaaaw :3
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Richter

#1
July 08, 2010, 08:15:25 PM
Do you perform an operation like that bling, or do you do a PET scan first?
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President Television

#2
July 08, 2010, 10:24:41 PM
Quote from: Richter on July 08, 2010, 08:15:25 PM
Do you perform an operation like that bling, or do you do a PET scan first?

:lulz::argh!:
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The Johnny

#3
July 09, 2010, 12:18:46 AM

They are give him metal paws later on - instead of just a big pencil erasor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmDqVN7vr8E&feature=related
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Jasper

#4
July 09, 2010, 05:23:51 AM
I can't seem to locate the fricking laser beam.

Freeky

#5
July 09, 2010, 05:48:09 AM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on July 09, 2010, 12:18:46 AM

They are give him metal paws later on - instead of just a big pencil erasor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmDqVN7vr8E&feature=related

That cat is so thinking "WTF is your problem lady?! GTFO mah FASE, cuz FUCK YUO, IMMA CAT."

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#6
July 09, 2010, 08:09:00 AM
Wow, what a crazy combination of awesome and creepy!
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Nast

#7
July 09, 2010, 08:12:59 AM
Look at its teeny little paws!

Maybe this means that one day there will only be a fine feline between man and machine.
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#8
July 10, 2010, 05:14:59 PM
This thread is cool, except for the puns. They hurt.  :x
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Jasper

#9
July 10, 2010, 11:09:48 PM
DON'T BE A PUSSY, KAI.

I wonder if the eraser feet are getting catty remarks from the prosthetician society.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#10
July 11, 2010, 01:28:23 AM
I stop reading threads when the puns start.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Jasper

#11
July 11, 2010, 01:35:04 AM
Bah then.

I wish pet stores would include GPS locators in their "tagging" system.  One day maybe I could google my dog when it escapes.

Nast

#12
July 11, 2010, 04:40:48 AM
Quote from: Kai on July 10, 2010, 05:14:59 PM
This thread is cool, except for the puns. They hurt.  :x

Um yeah, sorry about that.

:lol:
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Adios

#13
July 11, 2010, 03:46:57 PM
This story is cool as hell!

Suu

#14
July 11, 2010, 04:31:30 PM
It's really rather touching too. I got all teary eyed.

What's amazing is that unlike a human, the cat didn't seem to need any sort of PT to get adjusted, he realized he could walk and did it. Show's how much mental trauma can play in the healing process. This is probably something humans have over other animals, but it's still very encouraging.

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