After losing his leg nine years ago in an accident, Alec McMorris had the chance to experience the University of Utah's 'most advanced prosthetic ever made', letting him push it, and himself, to the limits.
Called the"Utah Bionic Leg" by students at the University of Utah, it's considered a huge achievement by the university that's drawn interest from the world's largest prosthetic company.
“When the opportunity came up that they needed a study subject to come and work with them here,” he said. “I jumped right on it.” "It has a computer chip in it has a battery, everything else, but it's still passive. You just watch me go upstairs, step over step,” McMorris said. “I can't do that on my everyday leg. it's a really fun device to go push and see what my limits are again.”
“10 years ago, we're thinking that this may or may not be possible, we didn't know. And now here we are," said Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Tommazo Lenzi."So this is a new lab that was just open and was made possible by a donation received from the owner and chairman of Otto Bock."
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