Technological advances and improvements in prosthetic sockets have progressed considerably in the last two decades. However, when it comes to...
Read moreDetails"Making and taking things apart is a very common 'cleverness' of boys," write Ros Bayley and Sally Featherstone in The...
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Read moreDetailsThe Achilles leg built at the University of Arizona. Photographs courtesy of the University of Arizona. Developing O&P devices that...
Read moreDetails"There's a way to do it better—find it." —Thomas Edison (1847-1931) When one of the world's fastest amputees, Jerome Singleton,...
Read moreDetailsDevice aims to eliminate phantom pain in amputees using thermal biofeedback. Katherine Bomkamp, a West Virginia University sophomore, developed the...
Read moreDetailsFirst Steps: Inspired by nature, Cadence Biomedical's Kinetic Orthosis helps users walk. After Heather Montag took her first solo steps...
Read moreDetailsWhat do paintball pistols, earth movers, and a first-of-its-kind orthosis prototype have in common? They're all driven by fluid power,...
Read moreDetailsAdvanced Biofidelic Lower Extremity Kids (ABLE Kids) Prosthesis Project aims to help kids hit the playground running. Prosthetics manufacturers have...
Read moreDetailsOver the past few millennia, lower-limb prostheses have evolved by leaps and bounds. We know that the oldest-known surviving ones,...
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