Prosthetic arm. Image by StarWarsRey. CC BY-SA 4.0 Researchers have developed a new breath-driven concept set to transform access to hand prosthetics. This takes the form of an air-powered hand. The ...

Prof Jeroen Bergmann called it "one of the first truly new design approaches" for body-powered devices A new prosthetic hand powered by breathing has been developed for children and teenagers.

NASHVILLE, AZ, UNITED STATES, February 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Metacarpal, a leading medical device manufacturer specializing in body-powered upper-limb ...

Artificial limbs look and function more like real limbs than ever before—but that's only helpful if they are used as intended. One of the main reasons amputees give for not using their body-powered ...

With a wrench in hand, Andrea Modica makes a final adjustment to the gleaming metallic joint on the prosthetic leg strapped to his left thigh. He stands and walks a few steps along the neon-lit ...

Around ten years ago, fantastic media coverage of 3D printing dramatically increased expectations for the technology. A particular darling of that coverage was the use of 3D-printing for prosthetic ...