I blogged about Oscar, a two-year old cat fitted with two
artificial legs . Oscar's story began in the UK as a cat who
lost both hind limbs in an accident with a field combine.
Veterinary surgeons implanted metal rods in the remaining leg
bones to affix artificial feet so that Oscar can walk and lead a
relatively normal life. This news is interesting to me because
it not like a traditional prosthetic that straps to a remaining
limb stump; it is a rod that is inserted into bone with skin
growing around it (to prevent infection). This technology allows
for ease of use and mobility for pets who have lost their
limb(s) to cancer, accidents or, as in the case of George Bailey
the cat, born without limbs. The UK Mail Online story mentions
that the Intraosteous Transcutaneous Amputation Prosthesis
(ITAP) was developed by Professor Gordon Blunn and his team at
University College London in 2006. After blogging about this
story, I was contacted by Dave Green, Director of Communications
for the College of Veterinary Med