A man who lost his left arm in a work accident is now able to control each finger of his bionic hand with his mind, using breakthrough technology developed by researchers in Sweden. Tonney, 54, who ...

Most bionic limbs are controlled by electrical signals generated by muscles moving near the attachment site. But when an arm is amputated above the elbow, the remaining muscles aren't enough to ...

The Modular Arm Systems fom RSLSteeper provides a number of prescription choices with interchangeable components to offer the user an extremely lightweight and cosmetically appealing arm prosthesis ...

After her 3D-printed glitter cannon gained nationwide attention, 11-year-old Jordan Reeves helps make an entirely new kind of prosthetic. While showing off the sparkle-shooting prosthetic arm that ...

Accident victims who lose their limbs experience physical and psychological trauma. Previously, patients with amputated limbs had to depend on the other limbs to execute basic tasks. However, with the ...

A female Swedish patient with hand amputation has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular implant to control a dexterous hand prosthesis. In a pioneering surgery, titanium implants were ...

BOULDER, Colo. – Bob Radocy screws a black plastic hook into his prosthetic arm and delivers a ferocious roundhouse punch to the wall. “See how it absorbs the blow? That didn’t even hurt,” he says.

A research paper by scientists at The University of Electro-Communications developed a new socket and prosthetic hand control system that does not interfere with the wrist joint motion. This allows ...

Few entrepreneurs can claim as intimate a connection to their products as Jonathan Kuniholm. As an engineer working at the forefront of some of the latest research to improve prosthetic arms, Kuniholm ...