Wearable Air Bag Protects against Hip Fractures
From: Machine Design - 10/19/2014
By: Stephen Mraz

Every year, one out of every three adults over the age of 65 falls, causing
five times as many hospital stays as any other accidents and costing Medicare
beneficiaries anywhere from $14,000 to $20,000. Worse yet, one in five of the
people who fracture their hips die within a year of the initial accident. To
reduce the pain and suffering caused by hip fractures, engineers at
ActiveProtective, Lehigh Valley, PA, developed a wearable air bag that
inflates to protect the wearer from injuries. They, in turn, teamed with
engineers from Boston Device Development, Newton, MA, a contract
product-development firm, to help develop the air bag.

Read the entire article at:
http://machinedesign.com/medical/wearable-air-bag-protects-against-hip-fractures

Links:
Boston Device Development
http://www.bostondevice.com

ActiveProtective
http://www.activeprotect.com