At the heart of this breakthrough is a surgical procedure known as the agonist-antagonist myoneural interface, or AMI. Unlike traditional amputation methods, the AMI reconnects muscles in the residual ...

Doctors in the Netherlands are now testing a new type of prosthetic "click-on" arm that is connected to the patient's existing nerves. It needs a little help from Bluetooth, but the end result is a ...

For generations, prosthetic hands have largely been designed around two goals, looking like a human hand and performing some of its movements. But researchers in Cleveland have been exploring ...

A few years ago, a team of researchers working under Professor Stanisa Raspopovic at the ETH Zurich Neuroengineering Lab gained worldwide attention when they announced that their prosthetic legs had ...

For the first time, a person with an arm amputation can manipulate each finger of a bionic hand as if it was his own. Thanks to revolutionary surgical and engineering advancements that seamlessly ...

The University of Arkansas and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center have partnered in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial to test an innovative prosthetic hand that connects to the person's ...

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley reports on innovations in the technology of prosthetics. It is a subject he has been following on the broadcast for more than a decade. To mark the ...

A 2022 study published in the National Library of Medicine at the National Center for Biotechnology Information found that more than 44% of people with upper limb loss abandon their prostheses, citing ...

For the first time, people with arm amputations can experience sensations of touch in a mind-controlled arm prosthesis. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine features three Swedish patients ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. Every time an above-knee amputee thinks about ...

This artificial hand is being controlled by nerves in Karen Sussex's arms. She is one of many amputees taking part in an experiment - which aims to let amputees move prosthetic fingers and thumbs ...

Traditional upper limb prosthetics, which often consist of two hooks controlled by a cable to another body part, require people who’ve lost a hand or arm to learn to manipulate a tool that’s connected ...