Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Limbs Take Another Step Forward
Agonist-antagonist myoneural interface (AMI) surgery—which restores broken nerve circuits in the residual limb—gives amputees unprecedented ability to control prosthetic legs ...
Agonist-antagonist myoneural interface (AMI) surgery—which restores broken nerve circuits in the residual limb—gives amputees unprecedented ability to control prosthetic legs ...
A research team integrated a temperature regulation system into artificial skin that could give prosthetics a lifelike temperature. The study ...
At his new clinic, Bionic Skins, Hugh Herr wants to transform fabrication of prosethtic liners and sockets for amputees from ...
Now that the FDA has granted approval for some forms of this new procedure, the number of American amputees who ...
The coming generation of prosthetic technology promises greater affordability and ease of use for amputees. Learn about the game-changing devices ...
While it’s risky to speculate about the future and how it might affect people’s lives, past experience and current trends ...
The smart home can be defined as the integration of internet-enabled digital devices with sensors and machine learning in the home. ...
Although it’s possible to simulate touch by stimulating the remaining nerves in the residual limb after an amputation, such surgery is ...
Currently prescribed physical therapy often requires patients to complete regular exercises at home. Outside of the clinic, patients rarely receive ...
In a technological advance for mind-controlled upper-limb prostheses, University of Michigan (U-M) researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm ...
Scientists at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have developed an integrated socket fit sensor that can identify pressure ...
A group of researchers from Clinical Research & Services/Biomechanics at Ottobock in Gottingen, Germany, and Vienna, Austria, set out to ...
Researchers at the Providence VA Medical Center, Rhode Island; the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; and Brown University have ...
A prototype for the first 3D-printed, sensor-operated prosthetic arm designed for children under 2 years old has been developed by ...
In a promising discovery that could improve the clinical delivery of insulin for people with diabetes, scientists have developed a ...
While walking with a prosthesis requires substantial concentration on the user's behalf and places increased demands on executive functions, little ...
BrainCo, Boston, a company incubated in the Harvard Innovation Lab, is developing a smart prosthesis that is capable of better ...
Watching immersive 360-degree videos of icy Arctic scenes helps relieve intense burning pain and could hold hope for treating chronic ...
Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, and the Alfred Mann Foundation (AMF) Santa Clarita, California, have reached an agreement that allows Össur to ...
Martin Bionics, Oklahoma City, has been selected by R&D Magazine as a recipient of its 2019 R&D 100 Award for ...
Djurica Resanovic had a motorbike accident several years ago that resulted in the amputation of his leg above the knee. ...
Coapt, Chicago, has been selected to win the Brian and Joyce Blatchford Team Prize for Innovation by the International Society ...
Researchers at the Virginia Tech College of Engineering have received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study ...
Individuals with unilateral lower-limb loss are at increased risk for developing chronic low back pain. Aberrant trunk and pelvis motor ...
Researchers at University College London, England, and Tel Aviv University, Israel, have discovered that people who use their feet like ...
Researchers at Purdue University have developed an electronic glove, or e-glove, that can be worn over a hand prosthesis to ...
A mechanical engineer at De Montfort University (DMU), Leicester, England, has successfully manufactured the first-of-its-kind prosthetic limb socket made from ...
Therapeutic virtual reality (VR) can be used to reduce severe pain in hospitalized patients, according to a study published in ...
In a paper published in July in the journal Neuron, Krishna Shenoy, PhD, and a team of neuroscientists at Stanford ...
Researchers at the Biological Systems Engineering Lab at Hiroshima University, Japan, have developed a 3D-printed prosthetic hand combined with a ...
Researchers at the University of Bath, England, have developed a way to design and manufacture custom prosthetic liners of different ...
Researchers at Teesside University, Middlesbrough, England, are developing a sensory discrimination training device that can be self-administered by patients to ...
Researchers report that combining cannabinoids with morphine did not significantly increase impulsivity or memory impairment in a study conducted on ...
Researchers surveyed people with amputations to establish their willingness to undergo surgery that would restore their sense of touch and ...
A soldier named Jerome Motto received caring letters from home in World War II. They helped boost his spirits and ...
Researchers at Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine have found a way to charge up the fight against bacterial infections ...
The International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC’s) “Transforming Lives Makes Sense for Everyone” campaign, which showcases the employment legacy of the London 2012 ...
In a study published in April in Advances in Mechanical Engineering, researchers described their design and evaluation of an actuated ...
Are you active enough? Mark Sederberg, DO, presented a research abstract on the rarely studied topic of exercise rates in the ...
Researchers at Texas A&M University and Tulane University have found that treating amputation wounds in mice with two proteins encouraged ...
Researchers from North Carolina State University (NC State), the University of North Carolina (UNC), and Arizona State University (ASU) have ...
Diabetes is caused by damaged or non-existing insulin cells’ inability to produce insulin, a hormone that is necessary in regulating ...
The healing of wounded skin in people with diabetes can be sped up by more than 50 percent using injections ...
Existing prosthetic technologies' adjustable sockets and locking pin tethers can be used in novel ways to help maintain residual limb ...
Physicians at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine are pioneering the use of primary targeted ...
By Emily Dings You’ve likely experienced the trepidation that comes with making a big purchase, especially when shopping for an ...
The "nerve-on-a-chip" platform paves the way to using chips to improve neuroprosthetic designs.© 2018 Florent-Valéry Cohen. Scientists at the École ...
Image courtesy of Challenged Athletes Foundation. As part of the Challenged Athletes Foundation’s (CAF’s) 25th anniversary celebration, the 2018 Aspen ...
Phantom limb pain is a poorly understood phenomenon in which people who have lost a limb can experience severe pain ...
Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Zuse Institute Berlin have developed a new generation of opioids that will ...
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