Rand Kittani, graduate student studying Medicine, established a 3D printing lab to create custom-fit breast prostheses.

After the initial shock of the Boston Marathon bombings wore off, many people began to wonder—quite rightly—what the future would hold for those who lost limbs in the explosions. In the past, the ...

Following is a transcript of the video. 8 prostheses that are changing lives These silicone aesthetic and functional prostheses are made to look realistic. Each prosthesis is custom-made by taking ...

After above-knee amputation, there is the option of a prosthesis that is placed directly in the thigh bone (osseointegration). Despite the fact that bone-anchored prostheses have been used for thirty ...

A hospital in Jordan is trialing the use of 3D-printed prosthetic limbs to treat refugees injured in the ongoing war in Syria. The technology allows an artificial limb to be designed and built within ...

Roboticists and engineers around the world are chasing after the next great prosthesis to help bring autonomy, control, and comfort back to more than 2 million amputees in the U.S. alone. But even the ...

Artificial hip joints are firmly anchored to the patient's damaged bone by screws. But which parts of the bone will safely hold the screws in place? A simulation model is to calculate the strength of ...

People with a prosthesis attached directly to their skeleton can hear by means of vibrations in their implant. This sound transmission through bones is an important part of osseoperception -- sensory ...