Prosthetic Limbs : Past, Present, and Future Essay -- Prosthetics Arti

prosthetic Limbs Past, Present, and FutureAbstractThe purpose of my research paper is to discover how artificial limbs become inconjunction with the human body, which plastics be used in prosthetic limbs, and if thereare any better possible plastics out there that can be used. The 1.9 million people inAmerica who have lost limbs find it hard to pay for them, since theyre very expensive,so I looked into materials used, which are currently plastics much(prenominal) as polypropene andcarbon fibers. However, there are still some problems such as slow reaction time somanufacturers and laboratories are looking into alternate solutions such as carbonnanotubes and microchips. Research is expensive though, so I do not see the cost ofprosthetic limbs passing down anytime soon.With the cost of everything going up, the price of artificial limbs are going up aswell, some even reaching $100,000 just for an arm or leg, preventing many people fromacquiring one, even though it may be necessary to continue their job and normal living (NewLife and Limbs). Imagine you were a soldier in the Iraq War. there are about sixhundred soldiers who lose limbs from the war, which are costly to replace (War FuelsProsthetics). After serving yourcountry you would have to comehome with your life completelychanged, especially if you donthave enough money to pay for anew limb. By looking at howartificial limbs work with the bodyand which plastics are used, I willtry to see if there are new plasticswhich can reduce the cost andmake artificial limbs gettable tomore people around the world.Although there are only 600 soldiers from the Iraq war who have come home withlost limbs and needed to have them replaced, other ... ...t-is-polypropylene.htm.Newtons Apple. Prosthetic Limbs. Reach Out Michigan. Fall 2007. National ScienceTeachersAssociation. 27 July 2008newton/prosthetic05.html.Ossur Prosthetics. Prosthetics by Ossur. Ossur. 14 Aug. 2007. Ossur. 28 July 2008.Patel-Predd, Prachi. Sensitive Synthetic Skin in the working for Prosthetic Arms. IeeeSpectrumOnline. 4 Jan. 2008. 29 July 2008 .Singer, Neal. Prosthetic Limb to be Controlled by Microchip. Sandia. Sandia NationalLaboratories.29 July 2008 .The Associated Press. New life and limbs for Iraq war amputees. MSNBC HealthNews. 8 Mar. 2004.MSNBC. 27 July 2008 .