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

The new flexing prosthetic finger developed by Medical Art Prosthetics addresses this challenge with a unique body-driven ...

I’d rather have a hook if I lost my hand in some sort of freak accident, but realize that’s not exactly conducive to typing. Rather than chucking in the tech-blogging for piracy, Mark Stark’s ...

MIT has created a soft, inflatable robotic hand that it hopes will give amputees back the tactile control that's lost with a traditional prosthetic device. Engineers on the project aim to help more ...

Researchers in Europe have developed a prosthetic hand that gave an Italian man with a missing limb the ability to feel sensations of warmth and coolness when touching various objects. The new device ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Today's artificial limbs can look very natural, and now an innovative process makes prosthetic hands move more naturally as well. In an innovative experiment, scientists have ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in prosthetic sensory feedback. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the ...

After spending more than a year on a waiting list for a functional prosthetic hand, a Texas girl’s needs were met by her local public library— which happens to have a 3-D printing lab. Katelyn Vincik, ...

ASHLAND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A Virginia woman who lost her hand after she was bitten by a shark is making a remarkable recovery. She now hopes to raise money for a myoelectric prosthetic hand, ...