Prosthetics

  • Vanderbilt University

    Zelik explores biological mechanisms behind human movement

      Karl Zelik, assistant professor of mechanical engineering (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) Karl Zelik’s BAT lab in Olin Hall has nothing to do with flying mammals or a caped superhero. The Biomechanics and Assistive Technology laboratory is dedicated to locomotion—in particular, to understanding the… Read More

    Oct. 17, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt engineers’ Powered Knee and Ankle System licensed by California prosthetics company

    A high-technology prosthetic device developed by a team led by Michael Goldfarb, H. Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Intelligent Mechatronics at Vanderbilt University, has been licensed by Freedom Innovations, a California-based prosthetics company. The agreement, announced April 14, grants the company exclusive rights… Read More

    Apr. 18, 2011