Bionic leg tech help patient feel like he's standing on his own feet

Resanovic walking a straight line with his new bionic leg that he says feels like his own real leg. — EPFL

Djurica Resanovic lost his leg in a motorcycle accident several years ago, resulting in him having an amputation above the knee. But thanks to neuroprosthetic leg technology, he was successfully merged with his bionic leg during clinical trials in Belgrade, Serbia.

“After all of these years, I could feel my leg and my foot again as if it were my own leg,” he said of the bionic leg prototype. “It was very interesting. You don’t need to concentrate to walk, you can just look forward and step. You don’t need to look at where your leg is to avoid falling.”