Eight-year-old Marynа Ponomariova from Kherson Oblast has become the first girl wearing an above-knee prosthesis to ski down a slope with a coach, setting a national record. Source: Okhmatdyt National ...

A new experimental exoskeleton developed by mechanical engineers at the University of Utah’s Bionic Engineering Lab enables an amputee to walk with much less effort, while restoring strength and range ...

A new motor-powered, microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knee called 'Power Knee' was introduced by Össur. Power Knee aims to help people who have limb differences or above-knee amputations have the ...

Above-the-knee amputees would find it easier to walk with prosthetics inspired by ostrich legs rather than ones designed to look like human legs, according to a study by the Wellcome Trust and the ...

Proteor SAS is launching the Synsys bionic leg, a sensor-equipped microprocessor-controlled knee-ankle-foot prosthetic leg for above-the-knee amputees. This new generation prosthesis coordinates knee ...

Retired Army Sgt. Max Ramsey, 42, recently traded his X2 microprocessor knee for the latest innovation in prosthetics at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). The X3 waterproof and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Osseoanchored Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA) Implant System, the first implant system marketed in the U.S. for adults who ...