The team then equipped Fidati’s prosthetic with heat-sensitive sensors, and small devices called thermodes, which can apply ...

A team of engineers has recently created a breakthrough prosthetic hand that can deftly handle everyday objects.

Researchers unveiled a new soft prosthetic hand that combines the natural coordination patterns of our fingers with the decoding of motoneuron activity in the spinal column.

Another patient, Francesca Rossi, described the feeling as "beautiful," adding that her phantom limb "does not feel phantom ...

Excluding the 60 percent of elderly diabetic patients, the remaining 40 percent amputations result from birth defects and ...

Picking up a cup of coffee, flipping a light switch or grabbing a door handle don't require much apparent thought. But behind ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure.