Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of assistive and medical tools, including ...

UChicago scientists are making major progress on a technology designed to give nuanced “feeling” to prosthetic hands, by ...

Researchers are paving the way for the design of bionic limbs that feel natural to users. They demonstrate the connection between hand movement patterns and motoneuron control patterns. The study, ...

Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday ...

open image in gallery Shark attack survivor Elisabeth Foley, 45, has launched a fundraiser to cover the medical costs for a new prosthetic hand (GoFundMe) The shark attack left her needing ...

Leah Kaplan doesn't have that financial flexibility. Born without a left hand, she did not have a prosthetic limb until a few years ago. Growing up, "I didn't want more reasons to be stared at ...

A Virginia woman who lost her hand in a shark attack in Florida is crowdfunding for a prosthetic after her insurance denied coverage. Elisabeth Foley, 45, from Ashland, was critically injured in ...

A lawsuit challenging Cigna Health & Life Insurance Co.'s denial of coverage for man’s specialized prosthetic device is ...

Elisabeth Foley, a woman who lost her hand in a brutal shark attack, is no different. Although her medical team recommended the use of a prosthetic, her health insurance company did not deem it ...

(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, which has ...