Experts say it’s not uncommon for patients who need prostheses to be denied by insurance. “It’s not a matter of if, but when, ...

Biomedical engineering company Össur has announced the successful development of a thought controlled bionic prosthetic leg. The new technology uses implanted sensors sending wireless signals to the ...

Who wouldn't want to slip into Iron Man's armor or try out the gigantic Jaegers that saved the world in the movie Pacific Rim? Wearable exoskeletons currently being built, from the military-based ...

Gabbie Guerrero was off roading with her siblings six years ago when their vehicle flipped and her foot was trapped ...

LAS VEGAS -- Standing silently on the CES floor, a giant Prosthesis exoskeleton is coiled, ready for action. But there's no pilot and, at 14 feet tall and 7,000 pounds, Furrion Robotic's racing mech ...

Surgeons devised an operation to give an amputee more dexterity. — -- In a first-of-its-kind surgery, North Carolina doctors have provided a higher level of dexterity to an amputee through an ...

With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid ...

Penile prostheses have high rates of long-term device survival, few complications, and high satisfaction in appropriately selected individuals; no data suggest superiority of any one approach or ...

JC Sheitan Tenet demoed the first prototype at a recent tattoo convention. Tattoo artist JC Sheitan Tenet received a custom-designed arm prosthesis prototype that doubles as a tattoo gun on June 4, ...

The attractiveness of oral therapy with the phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors and the widespread publicity concerning their use has made ED a household concept. While first line oral therapies are ...

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