India group's prosthetic device a boon for thousands of amputees Makers of India's Jaipur Foot rapidly craft low-cost customized prosthetic devices that have changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of impoverished amputees. Shopkeeper Mauji Lal was boarding a train four years ago when the crowd pushed him onto the tracks and he was run over. Doctors amputated his right leg and four toes on his left foot. Hobbling on a walker, he got back on a train last ...
Prosthetic arm project expanding CHAMPAIGN — A University of Illinois student-led effort to develop a low-cost prosthetic arm for people in developing countries has expanded to different parts of the world. "We're growing into a more global organization," said IPT President Adam Booher, outlining the group's progress to an audience of 65 at the UI Research Park this week. read more
The world's first 3D-printed prosthetic jaw A breakthrough transplant gave an 83-year-old the ability to eat and speak again after a chronic bone infection ate away at her lower jaw
Nike Designed a Shoe For Prosthetic Running Blades [Video] # shoes With prosthetic limbs designed to look like a human foot, wearing a shoe is no problem. But the unique shape of those carbon fiber prosthetic blades worn by athletes obviously can't accommodate a traditional shoe, so Nike invented a new one . More »
Toddler needs prosthetic leg after crash A Cape Town mother says her 3-year-old daughter needs a prosthetic leg after she was run over by a municipal garbage truck nearly two years ago, but officials say they have no record of the incident.
Model Lauren Scruggs Fitted With Prosthetic Eye Model and fashion blogger Lauren Scruggs hasn't had it easy these past few months. On Dec. 3, she was in a horrific plane propeller accident and lost her left arm and eventually her left...