A newly developed bionic knee could help people with above-the-knee amputations walk and climb with greater ease than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The new prosthesis, described July 10 in ...
Thomas Gee, a former gymnast, used to do handstands, perform wheelies on his skateboard, and run around with his three young children. But in 2001, a marble-sized bump on his left leg swelled to the ...
Spring Loaded Technology announces that it has completed its initial delivery of 60 UpShot™ bionic knee braces to the Department of National Defence as part of its $1M (CAD) contract awarded under the ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new bionic body part that talks to your phone, this is not science fiction, it's the next frontier in knee replacements that's arrived in Philadelphia. It's called a "smart ...
Creating our own version of the Bionic Man is steadily becoming a reality. Arms, legs, and many other parts of the body are getting upgrades. And that includes knees. The Halifax-based Spring Loaded ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — The last two years have been the most challenging years of Ben Cromwell's life. In July 2020, he was hospitalized with COVID-19. "I had severe clotting from COVID," said Cromwell. ...
HILLSBORO -- A third of Americans have chronic knee pain with the most common being osteoarthritis. That's a wearing away of the knee's cartilage. But a new device called Bionicare gives patients an ...
The Canadian military has begun testing what a company is calling "the world's first bionic knee brace" to help troops better absorb the impact from carrying all the gear and equipment on the modern ...
Two medical students at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine recently designed a bionic knee brace that could provide more mobility for people with cerebral palsy than current knee braces. Cerebral ...
In December I wrote about passive bionic braces, which could ease strain and enhance the physical capabilities of the average human without using bulky motors. Now Spring Loaded Technology, maker of a ...
A Canadian biotech start up, Spring Loaded Technology has created a prototype for a bionic knee brace that uses hydraulics and to augment the function of the quadricips which are the muscles on front ...
Tony Gerst took a big step the other day, and his physical therapist expressed her elation with a sound that is difficult to describe. I’ve never heard anything like it — neither whoop nor squeal, but ...
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