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 ...

A 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 placed ...

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 ...

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Scientists might be rethinking their funding priorities after seeing this. Student Max Shepherd has constructed an operational prosthetic arm using only LEGO bricks. The arm is ...

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 ...

In view of the above findings, this study demonstrates the usefulness of a new myoelectric prosthetic hand that utilizes the residual functions of people with hand deficiencies, which have not been ...