Our soft tissues swell and shrink throughout the day, so a wearable that fits in the morning may not do so in the afternoon. A new adaptive lining for the sockets of prosthetic limbs was designed with ...

Ill-fitting joint sockets, contact dermatitis and sebaceous cysts are just a few of the problems plaguing prosthetic patients. They are all a result of the pressure that their prosthetic devices place ...

SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - OCTOBER 01: Ermin Omerovic, a 19-year-old man living in the central town of Jajce is seen with his brain-controlled bionic prosthetic hand using a computer, on ...

If the inner socket of a prosthetic leg doesn't conform to the contours of the user's leg stump, considerable pain and even skin ulcers may result. A new prosthesis should help keep that from ...

LIM Innovations has all the makings of a cliche startup: it was founded by a pair of surf buddies in 2012, and the company’s San Francisco office — wedged next to exactly the kind of business it is ...

LIM Innovations, a California-based healthcare startup that has created an innovative prosthetics socket, aims to close out its first round of funding–$1.5 million–by the end of October. So far the ...

As a physically active college student Trevor LeMaster is no stranger to bodily aches and pains. He is a runner and a former high school wrestler who experiences soreness and workout injuries.

During Sierra Leone’s bloody civil war from 1991 to 2002, rebels in the African country cut off the hands, arms and legs of more than 27,000 people. Their horrific ...

The latest advance in wearable robotic technology promises to solve a 200-year-old problem by revolutionizing the fit of ...

Despite the many technological advances in the field of prosthetics, amputees still face an obstacle when it comes to the comfort of the socket, or the actual molded cup that meets the artificial ...