A typical prosthetic arm still looks essentially the way it has for more than a century, with a simple hook that can open and close to squeeze and hold objects. An artificial arm now in development ...
Scientists have developed sensor technology for a robotic prosthetic arm that detects signals from nerves in the spinal cord. To control the prosthetic, the patient has to think like they are ...
Lately, I have been thinking about getting a new arm. With the profusion of lower-cost and 3D-printed prosthetic arms on the market, I’ve been hoping to finally find one that fits well. While shopping ...
In 2018, Johnny Matheny became the first person to take home the world's most advanced Modular Prosthetic Limb—developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory—for a yearlong opportunity to ...
STORY: In a Nigerian laboratory, Gift Usen experienced something she’d dreamed of her entire life: the feeling of having two complete hands. Born with her left arm ending at the elbow, she tested a ...
This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley reports on innovations in the technology of prosthetics. It is a subject he has been following on the broadcast for more than a decade. To mark the ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Two local prosthetists are making a global impact. Chris Perry and Mike Schroeder from Perry Prosthetics just got back from Ukraine after fitting amputee soldiers with prosthetic ...
There are more than 57 million amputees worldwide and only about 5 percent of them have access to prosthetic care and technology. Small prosthetics company Unlimited Tomorrow in Rhinebeck, N.Y., is ...
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From space labs to hospital operating rooms, American technologists pride themselves on being able to miniaturize the most delicate equipment. But last week it was a Russian achievement that stirred ...
A farmer who lost his arm in a harvester accident has become the first NHS patient to be fitted with the world's most advanced bionic limb. Ashley Herbert was just 24 when his right hand got caught in ...
A brave 4-year-old is learning to navigate the world with a prosthetic arm, one day at a time. What started as a scary change ...