POSTS TAGGED AS prosthetics

eSkin Mimics Sense of Touch

New e-skin’s nerve-like impulses help to communicate with the brain
“Mechanoreceptors in human skin can sense the delicate weight of a [MORE]

Russian Hand and Boston arm: Prosthetics, History

The Russian Hand came first, but the Boston Arm was better
“In 1961, Norbert Weiner, the father of cybernetics, broke his [MORE]

Propulsive Prosthetics

Revival Bionics revolutionizes bionic protheses
“Unlike passive products – made of simple carbon springs – the bionic prostheses developed by Revival [MORE]

Injectable Hydrogel Instead of Antibiotics

Black phosphorus-enhanced injectable hydrogel for infected soft tissue healing
“In this study [from Shanghai Jiao Tong University] , a black phosphorus [MORE]

Graphene in Medicine

How Graphene Is Innovating the Medical Device Sector
“Medical implants, from artificial throats to stents and other surgical implants, are all [MORE]

Nanoink and 3D Printing Human Parts

Biomaterial inks can imitate human tissue characteristics
Biomedical engineers at Texas A&M University “have developed a class of shear-thinning hydrogels as [MORE]

So Far, So Good: First 3D Printed Ear Implanted

Physicians transplant first 3D-printed ear made from her own cells
“3DBio Therapeutics, the regenerative medicine company based in New York that [MORE]

3D Printed Prosthetic Eye

British man given 3D printed eye
“A British man has become the first patient in the world to be fitted with [MORE]

Making a Better Bone Glue

Novel bone-inspired material grows stronger with vibration
Just as a car is only as safe as its tire tread, artificial joint [MORE]

Van Nes Rotationalplasty

Rotationplasty
MAIN’s chief focus is on innovation—e.g. artificial intelligence, 3D bioprinting, molecular diagnostics, stem cells, robotics, wearable medical devices, et al.  [MORE]

Better Anchoring of Hip Prosthetics

Polymer coating for metal prosthetics
Steel prosthetics for the hip, jaw, knee and tooth can fail if they do not promote [MORE]

A Biohybrid Synapse

Producing artificial synapses in the lab
Advanced prosthetics that rely on brain-machine interfaces may have a step forward from Stanford University’s [MORE]

Sweat Powered Electronic Skin

Electronic Skin Fully Powered by Sweat
Engineers at Cal Tech have designed many kinds of biosensors, but in this piece they [MORE]

Electronic Skin

Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin (ACES)
Engineers at the National University of Singapore have invented what they call “Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin” [MORE]