As Fitzpatrick told<\/a> the BBC, which will feature Oscar on a show called The Bionic Vet (see video excerpt<\/a>):<\/p> “The real revolution with Oscar is [that] we have put a piece of metal and a flange into which skin grows into an extremely tight bone.”<\/p><\/blockquote> Though it’s the first surgery of its kind on a cat, Popular Science<\/em> notes<\/a> that these special legs may soon help human amputees as well. Researchers are currently testing ITAP technology on humans, including a victim of the 2005 London bombings.<\/p> Related content: It’s a happy ending for Oscar. While lazing in the sun, the British cat lost his two hind paws in a tragic combine harvester accident. But after receiving two bionic paws from Noel Fitzpatrick, a veterinary surgeon based in Surrey, … Continue reading
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