Researchers have developed a new algorithm that combines two processes for personalizing robotic prosthetic devices to both ...

Her care team at Shriners Children’s Erie recommended a prosthesis for Joy after determining it would offer the best ...

In the United States, approximately 185,000 people have an amputation each year, 507 people lose a limb each day, and 2.1 million people currently live with limb loss. By 2050, this number will reach ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Six weeks after getting a breakthrough permanent leg implant, an Army veteran took his first steps. It was a big moment for 32-year-old Jace Badia of Georgia. He was eager to walk, ...

Genoa (Italy), 30 October 2024: Two lower limb prosthetic prototypes developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT - Italian Institute of Technology) took the podium at Cybathlon 2024, the ...

The young alpaca lost his leg last year but hasn’t let it slow him down. Cowboy was fitted at Friday’s appointment for his second prosthetic leg. Derek Smith, his owner and Co-Owner of Fleecy Friends ...

SAGINAW, Mich. — According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 1 out of every 10 people who need prosthetics actually has access to them. Ben Hogan, a certified prosthetist and orthotist ...

When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. Adams, 51, lost his right leg to cancer 40 years ago, and he ...

DICKINSON, N.D. -- A tattoo artist in Dickinson makes it easy for Ethan Earl to be proud to wear his prosthetic leg.The 15-year-old from Underwood, N.D., underwent a partial amputation of his right ...