In the past decade, medicine has made significant strides in understanding disease etiopathogenesis and developing ...

Prosthetic knees integrated with muscles, nerves, and bone show improved control and mobility after above-knee amputation.

Almost 40 million people in the world require prosthetics or orthotics, but only 10 to 15 per cent can access them. The ...

At the Winter Paralympics, athletes with prosthetics often modify them to fit their bodies more precisely. That has led to ...

In treating tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers maimed by Russian bombs, specialists in robotics are rebuilding lives – and pushing medical limits.

Purpose This study evaluated the effects of artificial tears, vitamin A ointment and low-dose steroid drops on chronic irritation and discharge in anophthalmic patients wearing ocular prostheses. It ...

Researchers at Simon Fraser University (SFU) have developed a 3D printed prosthetic limb socket that uses embedded pressure sensors and artificial intelligence to generate custom socket designs, based ...

In 2008, Mike Schultz lost his leg in a snowmobiling accident, after a youth full of intense motorsports like BMX riding and snowmobile racing, a sport he competed in since 2002. Despite the ...

A new, fully customizable 3D printed socket design is set to transform the prosthetics industry. The reimagined limb socket interface combines highly personalized pressure mapping with AI software and ...

Blue Arbor Technologies reported the first-in-human implant of its RESTORE External Sensing Unit (ESU) and raised $5 million for the technology from German prosthetics company Ottobock. The first ...

This issue of JEC Composites Magazine is designed as a guide to help visitors prepare their journey through the show. This edition offers a curated selection of everything that composites industry ...