{"id":11272,"date":"2012-03-03T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T16:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=11272"},"modified":"2012-03-03T12:30:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-03T16:30:04","slug":"wsu-prosthetic-project-may-help-vets-add-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/03\/03\/wsu-prosthetic-project-may-help-vets-add-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"WSU prosthetic project may help vets, add jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>((Excerpt))<\/p>\n<p>Wright State University student researchers  are investigating how to build more comfortable artificial limbs for war  veterans, and a Dayton area manufacturer could build the new design if  it has a patent.<\/p>\n<p>If successful, the  project could have a positive impact for thousands of veterans who live  with prosthetics that can cause skin rashes, blistering and discomfort.<\/p>\n<p>Since  World War II, vets have suffered nearly 27,000 amputations. The Dayton  VA served 60 amputee veterans and made 37 artificial limbs last year,  according to medical center statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Read\u00a0 more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/news\/dayton-news\/wsu-prosthetic-project-may-help-vets-add-jobs-1337580.html\">DaytonDailyNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>((Excerpt)) Wright State University student researchers are investigating how to build more comfortable artificial limbs for war veterans, and a Dayton area manufacturer could build the new design if it has a patent. If successful, the project could have a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/03\/03\/wsu-prosthetic-project-may-help-vets-add-jobs\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[714,730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-the-media","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11273,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11272\/revisions\/11273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}