A groundbreaking surgical procedure combined with exciting new technological strides is offering new hope and help for amputees. Private Jackson Schroeder, an Army veteran, was one of the early few to ...

A new study published in Science Advances suggests that vibrating small magnets implanted inside the muscles of an amputated ...

Medical Art Prosthetics today announced the launch of its new “flexing prosthetic finger,” a major advance in prosthetic finger design. With this new body-driven design, the prosthetic flexes almost ...

Prosthetic limb design is an area where desktop manufacturing has made huge strides, but there’s always room for improvement. For example, take a look at [Ian Davis] and his attempts to design a ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure. The robotic ...