FDA approved the first implant system for adults who have above-the-knee amputations and might not be able to use a conventional socket prosthetic device. The Osseoanchored Prostheses for the ...

A newly developed bionic knee could help people with above-the-knee amputations walk and climb with greater ease than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The new prosthesis, described July 10 in ...

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RALEIGH – Three members of the Wolfpack are developing life-changing prosthetic kits to help above-the-knee amputees worldwide. Alumni Lindsay Sullivan and Dustin Prescott and current graduate student ...

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 ...

Hari Budha Magar made history as the first double above-the-knee amputee to reach the top of the mountain Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 ...

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 ...

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. Details: Marynа, who is ...

Sep. 26—Noelle Lambert has never let the fact she's an amputee hold her back. But even she, a Paralympian and the first above-the-knee amputee to compete in the reality TV game show "Survivor," lay ...

Project Description: This project is focused on the development of a prosthetic designed to specifically target blue collar workers who need to bend their knees, use the side to side motion of the ...