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
Do you perform an operation like that bling, or do you do a PET scan first?
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!:
They are give him metal paws later on - instead of just a big pencil erasor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmDqVN7vr8E&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmDqVN7vr8E&feature=related)
I can't seem to locate the fricking laser beam.
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 (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."
Wow, what a crazy combination of awesome and creepy!
Look at its teeny little paws!
Maybe this means that one day there will only be a fine feline between man and machine.
This thread is cool, except for the puns. They hurt. :x
DON'T BE A PUSSY, KAI.
I wonder if the eraser feet are getting catty remarks from the prosthetician society.
I stop reading threads when the puns start.
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.
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:
This story is cool as hell!
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.
Quote from: Nigel on July 11, 2010, 01:28:23 AM
I stop reading threads when the puns start.
Yeah, shame they started one post in on this one.
Whatever, you lulz'ed.