Paralyzed Veterans of America recently announced it has received a $200,000 adaptive sports grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs for its sports and recreation program. It is one of 89 programs to receive a grant. “These are vital funds…
Author: Terense Kemp
Embedded optical sensors could add dexterity to robotic hands
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a stretchable optic sensor that, when embedded into a soft robotic hand, could be used to improve feedback for the device. The robotic hand, which was developed together with researchers at Intelligent Fiber…
Study explores impact of decentralization of digital replantation
SEATTLE — Research presented here found both decreased numbers of high volume surgeons and hospitals performing digital replantation and lower rates of successful digital replantation in the United States during a 15-year period, leading them to call for the establishment…
Researchers develop blueprint for self-adjusting powered prostheses
Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed software allowing powered prostheses to tune themselves automatically. “When a patient gets a powered [prosthesis], it needs to be customized to account for…
Researchers develop blueprint for self-adjusting powered prostheses
Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed software allowing powered prostheses to tune themselves automatically. “When a patient gets a powered [prosthesis], it needs to be customized to account for…
iWalk relaunches as BionX Medical Technologies Inc.
Bionic prosthetic device company iWalk (also known as BiOM) recently announced that the company has relaunched itself as BionX Medical Technologies, Inc. According to a company press release, the name change is meant “to better reflect its commitment to delivering…
iWalk relaunches as BionX Medical Technologies Inc.
Bionic prosthetic device company iWalk (also known as BiOM) recently announced that the company has relaunched itself as BionX Medical Technologies, Inc. According to a company press release, the name change is meant “to better reflect its commitment to delivering…
Grants to fund hybrid walking exoskeleton research at University of Pittsburgh
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have received two grants totaling $500,209 from the National Science Foundation to research walking exoskeletons. Nitin Sharma, PhD, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and material science at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of…
Grants to fund hybrid walking exoskeleton research at University of Pittsburgh
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have received two grants totaling $500,209 from the National Science Foundation to research walking exoskeletons. Nitin Sharma, PhD, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and material science at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of…
AOPA announces winners of annual student poster awards
The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association has announced the winners of its annual student poster awards. Tyler Klenow is the recipient of the fifth annual Otto and Lucille Becker Award for his orthotic abstract, “A Functional Comparison of a Carbon…