Prosthetics

Woman’s Prosthetic Leg Swept Out to Sea Is Thrilled its Been Found 10 Months Later

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– credit, images supplied by Ogden to SWNS A woman whose new prosthetic leg was swept out to sea is “over the moon” after she found it 10 months later, it having been swept right back to the beach where she lost it. Last April, 69-year-old Brenda Ogden lost her custom-made titanium blade-style prosthesis moments … Read more

‘It Feels Like Me Again’: World’s First Arm Exoskeleton Gives Stroke Patients Independence

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Johanne Hemnes using the Vilpower arm – credit Vilje Bionics An exoskeleton for the entire arm has been invented and designed in Norway to help stroke victims recover the use of their arms. It detects and then amplifies tiny movements through the arm and shoulder, and the developers hope to launch it as a fully … Read more