It is projected that there are more than 57 million amputees worldwide and only about 5 percent of them have access to prosthetic care and technology. Those that do have access to prostheses are often ...

Phantom limb pain is a common problem for people who undergo amputation, and so is the ability to function even with a regular prosthetic, but a medical advance that sounds like it comes straight out ...

A Utah family is hoping their insurance company will reconsider a recent decision that denied their daughter a “life-changing” new prosthetic. Remi Bateman, 9, was born without a hand below the elbow, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Albert Manero said he was stuck in traffic listening to the radio when he heard an interview with a man who built 3-D-printed mechanical hands. When he returned to his research lab on ...

Bionic arms are beginning to tap into nerve signals that linger long after a limb is gone, turning the ghost of movement into ...

Remi Bateman was born without a left hand and struggled with simple tasks such as tying her shoes and playing on the monkey bars at school. In elementary school, she tried to remain positive and used ...

ORLANDO, Fla -- Most bionic prosthetics for amputees cost at least $10,000. Pair that with a constantly growing child and most parents of children with congenital limb difference can't even consider a ...

For the first time, a person with an arm amputation can manipulate each finger of a bionic hand as if it was his own. Thanks to revolutionary surgical and engineering advancements that seamlessly ...

The Mia Hand prosthetic, fused with bone and connected to the nervous system, has given its owner a new lease on life and much less phantom pain. Reading time 2 minutes Scientists appear to have ...

In late August of 2024, Nela Charchoňová of Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, lost her right arm at the age of 17 during a ...

Losing an arm cuts more than muscle and bone. It also severs the easy, wordless link between what you want to do and what ...