Novel prosthetic design combines AI and 3D printing to improve fit

A new, fully customizable 3D printed socket design is set to transform the prosthetics industry. The reimagined limb socket ...
Medical Xpress

AI-based prosthetic socket developed to help thigh amputees

Smart, Customizable Prothetic Socket—Knee Joint Type. Credit: Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), an institution under the ...
New Atlas

Adaptable lining material could give prosthetics a better, comfier fit

Our soft tissues swell and shrink throughout the day, so a wearable that fits in the morning may not do so in the afternoon. A new adaptive lining for the sockets of prosthetic limbs was designed with ...
The Durango Herald

Limitless Socket designed to help amputees heal

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Usually months elapse between below-knee amputation surgery and the time that the patient is able to be up and moving about on a prosthesis or artificial leg. But a device designed ...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

UAB Amputee Clinic leads Alabama with 3D-printed prosthetic technology

Patients at the amputee clinic can receive prothesis sockets faster with the new 3D printer. “This took us halfway to our ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Prosthetics design integrating 3D printing takes third place in international challenge

Jade Myers’ experience in Haiti several years ago helping refugees after a devastating earthquake left an impression that is inspiring her work today as a researcher in prosthetics and accessibility.
News Medical

New test can measure performance for lower-limb amputees using bone-anchored prostheses

A test developed at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus that measures both prosthetic donning time and mobility in lower-limb amputation, shows that a prosthesis anchored to bone goes ...