Oregon-based mechanical engineer Ian Davis is in the midst of building an extraordinary prosthetic hand. The partial hand—in the videos and pictures below—is stunningly intricate and now, after two ...

After losing his fingers in a work-related accident, and not being satisfied with digital prosthetics, maker Ian Davis has created his very own mechanical prosthetic fingers which are capable of ...

As a first‑generation college student, Gomez attended Irvine Valley College, where she excelled in math and physics, and ...

The present study included over 26,500 patients who received a prosthetic heart valve between 1995 and 2012, 940 of whom developed prosthetic valve endocarditis. The risk of infection in the ...

If you're a fan of science-fiction, you've probably seen something like the Furrion Exo-Bionics Prosthesis before. Characters in films from "Aliens" to "Avatar" have been strapping into walking, human ...

Nearly 50,000 children in the U.S. alone need lower limb prosthetics. Due to the rapid growth rate of children, they can require up to six prosthetic assemblies through their development, averaging ...