Innovations

The Achilles leg built at the University of Arizona. Photographs courtesy of the University of Arizona. Developing O&P devices that...

"There's a way to do it better—find it." —Thomas Edison (1847-1931) When one of the world's fastest amputees, Jerome Singleton,...

Device aims to eliminate phantom pain in amputees using thermal biofeedback. Katherine Bomkamp, a West Virginia University sophomore, developed the...

First Steps: Inspired by nature, Cadence Biomedical's Kinetic Orthosis helps users walk. After Heather Montag took her first solo steps...

What do paintball pistols, earth movers, and a first-of-its-kind orthosis prototype have in common? They're all driven by fluid power,...

Advanced Biofidelic Lower Extremity Kids (ABLE Kids) Prosthesis Project aims to help kids hit the playground running. Prosthetics manufacturers have...

Over the past few millennia, lower-limb prostheses have evolved by leaps and bounds. We know that the oldest-known surviving ones,...

Galileo Galilei had a problem with data. The titan among Renaissance scientist-philosophers had exhorted his fellows to "measure what is...

Unless the prosthesis provides a comfortable, pain-free experience for the amputee, the most technologically advanced componentry available may simply end...

'Green' foot could make walking with a prosthetic foot easier and more efficient In this energy-recycling foot, the University of...