The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an option for patients who have trouble with the standard socket leg prosthetics that are typically used for those with above-the-knee amputation.

Background: The use of prosthetic grafts in the treatment of intermittent claudication is still a controversy. Prosthetic bypass for this usually benign condition may in some cases lead to a graft ...

We herein describe a case of erectile dysfunction in a young previously potent amputee, associated with site-specific compression injury from a perineal weight-bearing lower extremity above-knee ...

A new motor-powered, microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knee called 'Power Knee' was introduced by Össur. Power Knee aims to help people who have limb differences or above-knee amputations have the ...

SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Osseoanchored Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA) Implant System, the first ...

D-Rev, an award-winning US NGO – a non-profit product development company, has launched its ReMotion Knee for the Indian market. The ReMotion Knee is D-Rev’s fourth product to reach the market, and ...

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras researchers have launched India's first Polycentric Prosthetic Knee today, April 8. The indigenously-developed polycentric prosthetic knee aims to ...

The latest Ossur Power Knee is just a prosthesis, but it more closely resembles a robot than any artificial limb. A leg fashioned for above-knee amputees, the Power Knee is the only prosthesis of its ...

Perhaps it's a sobering reminder of the world we live in, but we've seen prosthetic technology grow in leaps and bounds over the last couple years. Continuing the upward arc, Ossur has just announced ...

In Jaipur, India, about 150 patients show up every day at an organization that creates low-cost prosthetic limbs for people with mobility problems. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on ...