A Portsmouth woman said her life has been changed thanks to a new bionic foot.Connie Nason, 45, is the first person in New Hampshire to be fitted with a new type of prosthetic called the Elan.Fifteen ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Freedom Innovations launches the next generation Kinnex microprocessor prosthetic ankle/foot – the Kinnex 2.0. The successor to the Freedom Innovations original ...

Donald Crosby, injured by a gunshot wound during combat in the Vietnam War, has worn a prosthetic leg since 1971, so he can attest to how much better prostheses are now compared with then. “The very ...

The next time Patrick Tierney hits the beach, he'll likely walk along the shorefront, crunching his feet atop the shifting sand. Then he’ll slowly wade into the surf making sure to keep his balance ...

I have been an above-knee amputee for over 50 years. For the first 30 years, my prosthesis was balsa wood with a simple mechanical knee. I fell a lot, could only walk at one fixed speed, would sweat ...

Irvine-based prosthetic device maker Free-dom Innovations LLC has a new owner, as well as plans to increase its sales and research and development staffs and make a push for international expansion.

HOUGHTON (WWJ) --Mo Rastgaar, an assistant professor at Michigan technological University, has received a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $500,000 to make his new artificial limb design a ...

Humans rarely walk the straight and narrow; something's always in the way. So scientists are developing a computer-controlled artificial limb that can turn like a flesh-and-blood foot. Walking is ...

Around 80 sixth graders from Adams Central School visited Innovative Prosthetics and Orthotics in Hastings for hands-on ...

Computer-controlled artificial legs have aided in improving amputees' freedom of movement by mimicking the natural motion of their missing limbs. Now, a new robotic ankle promises to make this motion ...

Ignacio Guerrero is probably the only person who would describe his left foot as “normal.” For starters, the foot is fake. The left foot he was born with was amputated six years ago as a result of ...

Limbs are gone. Spirits remain attached. Medical science is the bridge between them. “There’s a lot of falling down,” says double amputee Matthew Brewer, settling onto a bench after a series of slow ...