A newly developed bionic knee could help people with above-the-knee amputations walk and climb with greater ease than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The new prosthesis, described July 10 in ...

Thomas Gee, a former gymnast, used to do handstands, perform wheelies on his skateboard, and run around with his three young children. But in 2001, a marble-sized bump on his left leg swelled to the ...

A new bionic knee allows amputees to walk faster, climb stairs more easily, and adroitly avoid obstacles, researchers reported in the journal Science. The new prothesis is directly integrated with the ...

ADDIE MEINERS SHOWS US HOW IT WORKS. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A FUTURISTIC MOVIE. SO NOW I GET IN HER LOOK AT THE APP AND I GO, OKAY, WELL MY RANGE OF MOTION LAST WEEK WAS 48%. I’M UP TO 52% ...

MIT researchers have developed a new bionic knee that can help people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb stairs, and avoid obstacles more easily than they could with a traditional ...

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 ...

HILLSBORO -- A third of Americans have chronic knee pain with the most common being osteoarthritis. That's a wearing away of the knee's cartilage. But a new device called Bionicare gives patients an ...

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iWalk, the personal bionics company advancing technology to restore natural movement for lower-limb amputees, today announced the availability of its BiOM bionic lower ...