A Pittsburgh-based medtech company is changing how amputees select prosthetic feet by allowing them to test different options ...

Sensory feedback is important for amputees to be able to explore and interact with their environment. Now, researchers have developed a device that allows amputees to sense and respond to temperature ...

A Pittsburgh-based medtech company is poised to transform how amputees get fitted for prosthetic feet by enabling them to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A local prosthetics lab held an annual event Thursday meant to connect amputees to new state-of-the-art technology that can have huge impacts on their quality of life. Life ...

With two new legs to stand on, Dymtro Dimakrasnovskye put all his effort into making a single step. “The most difficult ever for me was to make that first step,” the 24-year-old, double-leg amputee ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ortho-prosthetist Wivine Kavira Mukata, 28, prepares the prosthesis mold for Ajuamungu Kikoba, 17, a patient who came to the ...

Cyborgs are here -- or, at least, they're in DARPA laboratories. For a while now, the Defense Department agency, alongside civilian researchers, has been working to develop prosthetic limbs that can ...

Chafing, blisters and sores are common problems for people fitted with an artificial limb. The artificial limb's fixed, rigid shape can't adapt to changes in a person's body, ultimately causing it to ...

Sensory feedback is important for amputees to be able to explore and interact with their environment. Now, researchers have developed a device that allows amputees to sense and respond to temperature ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Two local prosthetists are making a global impact. Chris Perry and Mike Schroeder from Perry Prosthetics just got back from Ukraine after fitting amputee soldiers with prosthetic ...

Angie Coe was “born with adrenaline” in part because her father, “Crazy Dave” Lott, was a motorcycle stuntman for monster truck shows in Southern California. She grew up in Palm Springs and Twentynine ...

Touch Bionics has designed a pair of highly-advanced prosthetic hands for a double amputee. What makes the technology so impressive is the range of grips the user can choose from — 24 in total, all of ...