A group of mechanical engineering students at Northeastern University have developed “the farm arm,” an upper limb prosthesis that could allow amputees to operate farming machinery. The design features a prosthetic terminal device, a titanium end piece and set of…
Day: March 16, 2015
New CMS code increases access to articulating digit technology
Livingston, Scotland-based Touch Bionics has announced that new coding issued by CMS will increase patient access to the company’s prosthetic solutions for partial hands. According to a company press release, until CMS issued new coding and updated allowables, there was…