Not long ago, Tsinghua's team developed a liquid metal exoskeleton, which solved the problem of orthopedics!
I believe that people who have experienced fractures should be familiar. It is a common technique in orthopedics, mainly suitable for fixation after fracture reduction, promoting healing, preventing pathological fractures and correcting congenital malformations.
However, due to the high hardness of traditional plaster, it is easy for patients to feel uncomfortable and difficult to disassemble.
To solve this problem, a few days ago, Professor Liu Jing of Tsinghua University and others developed a liquid metal? Exoskeleton? .
Compared with traditional gypsum, it is inconvenient to disassemble, inelastic and airtight, and liquid metal? Exoskeleton? It has good fit, elasticity, easy disassembly and air permeability. At the same time, X-ray permeability is stronger than gypsum, and more importantly, it can be reused.
This product can be used for shoulder joint, elbow joint, phalanx, metacarpal bone, arm and other parts, and trial production will begin in the near future.
It is worth mentioning that this is also an original breakthrough of liquid metal technology in the field of biomedical materials in China.
So what is liquid metal?
It is understood that liquid metal refers to an amorphous metal, which can flow like a liquid and can be considered as a mixture of positive ion fluid and free electron gas. The liquid metal exoskeleton realizes the conversion between liquid and solid by controlling the temperature of the liquid metal phase change material, thus switching the movable and immovable state of the exoskeleton joint.
I think this is great good news for patients with osteopathy. If this kind of product goes on the market in the future, it will greatly alleviate the pain of patients with osteopathy. I highly affirm this discovery of Tsinghua's team. As the highest institution of learning in China, we should come up with some real materials and strive to make China a world power in science and technology.