The most advanced new surgical procedure, AMI, addresses proprioception. This refers to the ability to sense position and movement. In an intact human arm or leg, muscles work in pairs. When a bicep ...

Most of us do not think twice about picking up a cup of coffee, sending a quick text or carrying groceries in from the car. For people who use prosthetic hands, though, these everyday tasks can be a ...

Matt Carney was good at building robots — he just didn’t want to. While earning his PhD at MIT, he’d spent years studying mechanical engineering and biomechatronics in service of developing bionic ...

Atom Limbs, the company behind the "Atom Touch," a bionic arm with nearly a full range of motion, is reportedly showcasing the future of prosthetics with AI as one of its driving factors. Dubbed the ...

Patient using bionic hand system to eat a chocolate. This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in brain-machine interfaces. In ...

--Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., an industry leader in exoskeleton technology for medical and industrial use, today announced that it has named Bionic Prosthetics& Orthotics Group LLC, a leading ...

A patient dubbed “the real bionic woman” has become the first to receive a robotic limb fused with both her nervous and skeletal systems. Karin, a 50-year-old woman from Sweden, had the intelligent ...

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 ...

Phantom limb pain is a common problem for people who undergo amputation, and so is the ability to function even with a regular prosthetic, but a medical advance that sounds like it comes straight out ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. (EKSO) (the “Company”), an industry leader in exoskeleton technology for medical and industrial use, today announced ...