Housecall For Health: Bionic Leg Developed

A first of its kind robotic leg has been developed for amputees and it’s controlled by the user’s thoughts.

FOX’s Colleen Cappon has more in this edition of “Housecall For Health”:

A 32 year-old Chicago man has become the first to use a thought controlled bionic leg. The robotic leg, developed at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) Center for Bionic Medicine, decodes electrical signals traveling through the remaining leg muscle– interpreting the patient’s intended movements. It also has a motor in the knee and ankle, which helps with pushing up stairs and transitioning from sitting. The technology should be widely available in a few years.

Housecall For Health, I’m Colleen Cappon, FOX News Radio.

Click HERE to watch a VIDEO about the bionic leg

Click HERE to read more about the bionic leg from RIC.org