Prosthetic knees integrated with muscles, nerves, and bone show improved control and mobility after above-knee amputation.

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 ...

A pump-free and touchless method of activating a nonhydraulic penile prosthesis seems to perform as well as any hydraulic inflatable prosthesis, and would be much easier for the patient to use and for ...

A quiet plant growing in water might not seem like the beginning of a medical innovation. Yet in a design lab at the University of the Philippines, that plant ...

Transmitting sensory signals from prostheses to the nervous system helps leg amputees to perceive prosthesis as part of their body. While amputees generally perceive their prostheses as heavy, this ...

Memory loss is a medical symptom that affects everyone at one time or another. It can come in the casual form of forgetting where you put your keys, or in the more severe form of forgetting who you ...

Researchers have created a prosthetic hand that offers its users the ability to feel where it is and how the fingers are positioned — a sense known as proprioception. The headline may be in jest, but ...

The first time Angel Giuffria saw the logo on her bionic hand, she felt a sense of pride. She was born without the lower half of her left arm, and started wearing a prosthesis at six weeks old. Back ...

The dental industry is undergoing a monumental shift. The transition from traditional, manual mold-making to high-precision ...

Subcutaneous extrusion of penile prosthesis cylinders beneath the glans penis is an unusual but difficult complication of penile prosthesis. Without surgical repair, extrusion, infection, and ...