Locomotor disability is a significant problem in India, with an estimated 1% of the population suffering from it. Of them, 7.7% are transfemoral amputees. Transfemoral amputation also known as “above ...

TORONTO – Jan Andrysek balances a prosthetic leg on the arm of his chair, then applies downward pressure to make the front of the foot push forward, causing a joint in the device to bend just like a ...

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that combines two processes for personalizing robotic prosthetic devices to both ...

April 23, 2009 An artificial knee costing just USD$20 promises to deliver much needed help to amputees who are disadvantaged or impoverished – particularly when the price of high-end titanium knee ...

When Deidre Blake, MD, describes the new NAVIO robotics-assisted knee surgery program at Cayuga Medical Center, she stresses three words: accurate, precise and customized. Successful knee replacement ...

Kicking a ball or climbing stairs with ease after a leg amputation above the knee is now within reach. Researchers at MIT have developed a bionic knee that redefines mobility for above-the-knee ...

Most knee replacement operations go well, but some patients are affected by bacterial infection in the joint and need a second operation. This is a complicated procedure that does not always produce ...

Bacteria grow in multicellular clusters. The scale bar represents 10 μm. (Photograph courtesy of Robin Patel, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.) Surgical treatments include débridement with retention ...

When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options last year, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. Adams, 51, lost his right leg to cancer 40 years ago, and he ...