Tuesday, November 1, 2011

$30,000 offered for bone saw that won't cut flesh

msnbc.com: Technology & Science

Amputated legs and feet in a pile at a Civil War army hospital. Surgeons earned their "sawbones" nickname by performing the grisly job of cutting off countless limbs during both wars and peacetime over the past centuries. Now, an open innovation contest with a Halloween deadline is looking for a high-tech surgical tool capable of cutting through bone without doing damage to neighboring human flesh.


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