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, 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 ...
More than 2 million Americans have lost a limb, and it's estimated there are 185,000 amputations every year. New technology in prosthetics is helping many amputees move forward. Robert Wright has kept ...
FORT DETRICK, Md. (April 22, 2010) -- From developing a new microprocessor-controlled prosthetic leg to a non-chafing socket device, the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center here is ...
The prostetic legs have microprocessor knees to help him walk more normally. — -- Vidal Lopez, 19, lost both his legs above the knees from a car accident in the summer of 2016 in Mexico. At the ...
WASHINGTON, DC — A new study by the RAND Corp showing that amputees who receive microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees (MPKs) have fewer falls and injuries than those who get older devices could ...
UPDATE: May 8, 2019: Ottobock said it was disappointed in FTC's decision but said it would continue to "work in a collaborative manner with the FTC to promptly reach a mutually beneficial resolution." ...
TEMPE, Ariz. & DIJON, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Proteor, a France-based international group specialized in prosthetic and orthotic solutions, has successfully completed its acquisition of American ...
RALEIGH, N.C. – Robert Wright has kept his sense of humor despite losing his left leg to melanoma in 2018, but it wasn't always this way. "Lying in the hospital bed, getting ready for amputation, I ...
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