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 ...

Thanks to a neural interface, people can move this bionic limb naturally—just by thinking about it. When someone loses part of a leg, a prosthetic can make it easier to get around. But most ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — Iron Leg, a nonprofit organization founded by Matthew Millhouse and Sean Laukhuff, has significantly impacted the lives of children and teenagers who have lost limbs. The organization ...

At the heart of this breakthrough is a surgical procedure known as the agonist-antagonist myoneural interface, or AMI. Unlike traditional amputation methods, the AMI reconnects muscles in the residual ...

An effort to create a control model that moves seamlessly between different activities like standing, walking and climbing stairs is renewed by the National Institutes of Health ANN ARBOR—A smoother ...

COORDINATED EFFORT. TRULY, THE SEARCH IS ON FOR THESE PROSTHETICS. UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S LIKE FINDING A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK HERE. YOU KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS SEARCH, THOUGH. THERE’S A WHOLE ...

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 ...

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