Oscar the cat may have lost one of its nine lives but their new artificial legs make it the world first bionic cat.
After losing their hind legs in a nasty encounter with a lawn mower in October, the green-eyed cat was black metal implants that connect with the new ankle artificial leg and emulate the way skin grows on the horns of the deer. Oscar is back up and plays with rolls of paper like any normal cat.
After Oscar accident, which occurred when he was 2 ½ years while basking in the islands of Channel, its owners, Kate and Mike Nolan, was taken to a local veterinarian. In turn, the vet sent Oscar with Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick, a surgeon in Eashing neuroortopédico, 56 kilometers (35 miles) south of London.
Together with experts in biomedical engineering, Fitzpatrick gave him two Oscar metal lugs artificial implants. These prostheses joined tailored legs and wobbles a bit to mimic the natural step of a cat.
Fitzpatrick said he and biomedical engineers designed the prosthesis to join with the bone and skin. "That allows this device to function as a rocker in the tip of the legs to give the cat a normal walking," he said. "Oscar can run and jump like any cat."
Veterinarians implants inserted in the ankle bones of Oscar. Metallic implants are covered later with a substance that helps the bone cells grow on them. Then the cat's skin grew over the tip of the implant to form a natural seal that prevents infection.
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