Prosthetic hands can currently be controlled by placing electrodes on the skin that register signals from muscles underneath. But this method has its limitations, allowing only for simple movements to ...

The implant has taken place in Sweden, involving a patient with a hand amputation. The technology, developed at Chalmers University of Technology, is an osseo-neuromuscular implant designed and built ...

Researchers in Italy have taken a big step forward towards restoring realistic hand functions to amputees. The development team, based at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), say that their ...

A Swedish patient with hand amputation has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular implant to control a dexterous hand prosthesis. In a pioneering surgery, titanium implants were placed ...

Five university students created the prosthetic hand for Isabella Cabrera. — -- A 10-year-old girl’s musical dreams have come true, thanks to university students and cutting-edge technology.

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...

Karin's life took a dramatic turn when a farming accident claimed her right arm over 20 years ago. Since then, she endured excruciating phantom limb pain. “It felt like I constantly had my hand in a ...

Oxford University researchers have developed a new hand prosthesis powered and controlled by the user’s breathing, an advance that provides an alternative to a nineteenth century innovation. The ...

Genoa/Bologna (Italy), 23 September 2020 - The biomimetic prosthetic hand Hannes is featured on Science Robotics' cover today; in the current issue researchers from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ...

Ahmedabad: For Krishna (name changed), 20, a native of a north Gujarat district, life took a tragic turn three years ago when aggressive cancer on her forearm — soft tissue sarcoma — required her hand ...