Above-elbow and hand prosthetics represent remarkable achievements in rehabilitative technology, offering individuals comprehensive solutions to challenges of limb loss.

John Hopkins University physicians and biomedical engineers have succeeded in developing a prosthetic arm that is controlled by the mind. More importantly, the arm can wiggle all its fingers ...

Using the mind to control prosthetic limbs is a bold idea that is slowly becoming a reality thanks to several important advances in neuroscience and robotics in the last couple of years. Now a team of ...

A finger joint replacement involves removing a damaged or worn joint from the finger and putting in an artificial one. Also called an arthroplasty, this type of surgery is most commonly used in cases ...

(Nanowerk News) Jesse Sullivan, a double amputee from Dayton, Tenn., has been called the world's first "bionic man" with his thought-controlled, state-of-the-art prosthetic arm. He can eat with a fork ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say they have achieved a successful proof-of-concept for a prosthetic arm with fingers that a user may control with the mind. “We believe this is the first time ...

For Cruz Ramos, there is no better sound than a baseball landing squarely in his mitt, no better feeling than the one he gets playing ball. "Honestly, I want to make it to the major leagues. That'd be ...