Life is never the same after losing an arm or leg, and most amputees rue the fact that their prosthetics don’t really feel like a part of their body. Here’s some good news: market players and ...

Thanks to recent technological developments, amputees can now sense temperature through prosthetic limbs. Known as the MiniTouch, this heat-sensitive prosthetic hand has a thermal sensor embedded ...

Early modern surgeons passionately debated where and how to cut the body to remove fingers, toes, arms and legs in ways ...

The human body today has many replaceable parts, ranging from artificial hearts to myoelectric feet. What makes this possible is not just complicated technology and delicate surgical procedures. It’s ...

CLEVELAND — A groundbreaking prosthetic hand that can restore the sense of touch is moving closer to reality for people living with upper limb amputations, thanks to a major federal investment in ...

Swedish medical technology company Integrum, a pioneer in the use of osseointegration technology in creating artificial limbs for amputees, is celebrating its 25th year in the industry. Since then, ...

Atom Limbs, the company behind the "Atom Touch," a bionic arm with nearly a full range of motion, is reportedly showcasing the future of prosthetics with AI as one of its driving factors. Dubbed the ...

An illustration showing a paralyzed individual with a spinal cord injury, implanted with intracortical electrodes in the brain. This brain-computer interface (BCI) allows the individual to control a ...

Advanced electronic sensors and circuitry combined with computer modeling and simulation are two of the leading technologies driving developments in robotic control technology for bringing specialized ...

Heidi Hausse received funding from the Herzog August Bibliothek in 2012, the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine in 2014-2015, the American Council of Learned Societies in ...