Health insurers limit coverage of prosthetic limbs, questioning their medical necessity
When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for ...
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Fail Of The Week: Good Prosthetic Hand Design Goes Bad
And we’ll stipulate that when it comes to fully articulated prosthetic hands, it’s easy to fail. His design is ambitious, with an opposable thumb, fingers with three phalanges each ...
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A More Lifelike Prosthetic
The BrainRobotics prosthetic hand is a first in its field: an intuitive AI-powered hand that allows the user to make unlimited gestures and grips. Unlike other prosthetic hands that came before it ...
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3D-Printed Prosthetic Puts The Power In The Hands Of Those Who Need It
In recent years, prosthetics have seen a dramatic increase in innovation due to the rise of 3D printing. [Nicholas Huchet] — missing a hand due to a workplace accident in 2002 — spent his ...
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Utah family challenges insurance denial for 9-year-old's prosthetic arm
Born without a hand below the elbow, Remi Bateman has relied on prosthetics throughout her entire life, and her parents said this advanced bionic arm, called a HeroArm, would be life-changing for ...