Topics and Expertise: patient preferences

Bringing artificial limbs to patients who need them

Thu Nov 8, 2018

Matheny demonstrates prosthetic arm to onlookers

Marine Corps Sgt. Drew Tech, U.S. Department of Defense

Johnny Matheny demonstrates how a modular prosthetic limb works during DARPA Demo Day 2016 at the Pentagon, May 11, 2016. Matheny is a test subject with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.

The patient perspective on prosthetic limbs currently doesn’t factor into the FDA approval process. Leslie Wilson and Matthew Garibaldi are surveying patient preferences to speed access to the next generation of prosthetics.