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 ...

(NEW YORK) — In a first-of-its-kind surgery, North Carolina doctors have provided a higher level of dexterity to an amputee through an innovative operation giving more fine motor skills and dexterity ...

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 ...

As that stump is moved up and down by the user, its prosthetic finger correspondingly moves up and straightens out, or moves down and curls inward. In this way, the Lunet can be used to grasp and ...

For anyone who has lost a hand, a functional prosthetic hand is of enormous benefit when it comes to everyday activities. So researchers at Fraunhofer are working as part of an EU research project to ...

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 ...