A start-up company in San Diego is creating artificial limbs with a 3D printer. They say their digital system can be a cheaper, faster way to customize prosthetics. KPBS science and technology ...

The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. In the 1880s and 1890s, the first artificial limb companies set up shop in downtown Minneapolis. Demand for artificial ...

Staff Sgt. Andre Murnane, ARNG, became the first National Guard Special Forces soldier to jump with a prosthesis on August 1, 2010. Future prostheses could open new doors for injured soldiers, ...

There are more than 2 million people living with an amputation in the United States, with about 400 being added daily. For many of them, prostheses or artificial limbs are a part of their lives, and ...

After struggling to walk with crutches and a hip brace for 14 years, JoAnn Kenton decided to take the biggest gamble of her life. It almost ended her life. During an innovative procedure at the ...

That's the question in Bangladesh, where there aren't enough clinicians to make prosthetic devices for accident victims and others in need. Now... Sultan Mahmud's pink shorts revealed his new ...

Paul McCullough served as the director of the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoner’s limb shop in 1952 and led prisoners in the production of various artificial limbs. McCullough noted that the ...

Made of wood and leather, this artificial toe, found in an ancient Egyptian tomb affixed to a noblewoman, is the oldest known prosthetic appendage. Shutterstock The world’s oldest known prosthesis is ...