In 2006 Ackland suffered a life-changing accident at work when his right forearm was crushed in an industrial blender. That was followed by six months of pain, surgery and infections before he made ...

A University of Arizona College of Medicine alumnus has played a significant role in the advancements of electronic prosthetics. Dr. Albert Chi, who graduated from the UA College of Medicine in 2003, ...

A surgery developed at MIT, called agonist-antagonist myoneural interface (AMI), connects muscle remnants from the shin and the calf to allow near-natural movement for those using an advanced ...

The Life Under Kinetic Evolution arm is the world™s most advanced commercial prosthetic. The LUKE arm has the potential to change the lives of veterans with upper arm amputations. Join thousands of ...

Known as "the real bionic woman," 50-year-old Karin was fitted a few years ago with an advanced robotic limb after losing her right hand in a farming accident A woman from Sweden has become the first ...

One company trying to upend the market is PSYONIC, creator of the Ability Hand. Designed and manufactured in-house with hybrid manufacturing methods, including 3D printing, injection and silicone ...

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 ...

Pisa, 11 september. It is the first magnetically controlled prosthetic hand, that allows amputees to reproduce all movements simply by thinking and to control the force applied when grasping fragile ...

A clinical trial led by Stanford University School of Medicine has demonstrated that a wireless retinal prosthesis can help restore vision lost to advanced macular degeneration. The results, published ...