New Material Allows Amputees To Adjust Prosthetic Limb Fit Via Smartphone

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• March 26, 2025
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Chafing, blisters and sores are common problems for people fitted with an artificial limb.

The artificial limb’s fixed, rigid shape can’t adapt to changes in a person’s body, ultimately causing it to rub against a person’s residual limb.

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Prosthetic Legs Controlled by Person's Own Neural System Bring Natural Gait

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• July 1, 2024
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"Smart"prosthetic legs can help amputees achieve a natural walking gait, but it's done through robotic sensors and algorithms that drive the limb forward at predetermined rates.

A better way would be to give people full control over the limb through their nervous system ...

A Bionic Hand Melds With Woman's Own Bone, Nervous System

• Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
• October 12, 2023
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Fifty years ago, the TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man"hyped a futuristic world of life-changing bionics with the stirring phrase: "We can rebuild him, we have the technology."

Cut to 2023, and researchers in Sweden appear to have delivered on that promise.

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B 7/12 -- New Bionic Hand Implant Allows Control of All Fingers

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• July 12, 2023
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A multinational team of engineers and surgeons has developed a bionic hand with a high level of function in every finger -- a significant advance for amputees.

The team, from the United States, Sweden, Australia and Italy, developed a way to reconfigure what remains of ...

A 'Bionic' Arm That Feels Like Her Very Own

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 3, 2021
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Former Marine Cpl. Claudia Mitchell can hold a banana or a water bottle in her left hand without squishing it as she opens it.

She can use her left hand to help cut peaches for a pie. She can hold someone's hand without squeezing too hard, and she can grab her makeup bag...