University of Southampton
Data-driven designs enhance prosthetic leg
19.09.2025
A new study from shows how data-driven prosthetic leg fittings can improve comfort, consistency, and reduce waiting times.
MedUni Vienna/feelimage
Smart socks against neuropathy
01.07.2025
The NeuroStep nerve prosthesis stimulates damaged nerves directly at the foot to restore sensations.
EPFL / UNIGE
AI enhances understanding of hand movement
11.10.2024
EPFL’s Prof. Alexander Mathis and team develop AI model for detailed hand movement analysis - advancing neuroprosthetics and rehab tech.
Chiba University
New actuator improves finger extension in rehab gloves
02.08.2024
Soft rehab gloves aid hand recovery using air-driven actuators, but most excel at finger bending and struggle with straightening.
Karin Kaiser/MHH
Cardiac medicine: minimally invasive replacement of any heart valve
19.04.2024
Hannover Medical School (MHH) is presenting a decisive advancement in cardiology: the minimally invasive replacement of the tricuspid valve using a new catheter system, a significant expansion of treatment options for heart valve defects.
Andreas Schmitz/TU Munich
Hand prostheses: AI enables more intuitive use
05.03.2024
Previous robotic prostheses only respond to their users' movement intentions to a limited extent. A new control method being developed at the TU Munich could help: A network of 128 sensors and the use of artificial intelligence could allow people to control their prosthetic hands more intuitively and naturally.
ionadidishvili
Hand prostheses: AI makes gripping more intuitive
15.12.2023
A 128-sensor network and AI enable better insight into forearm muscle patterns - improving intuitive control of artificial limbs.
University of Houston
3D printable prostheses to restore amputees' finger mobility
18.10.2023
University of Houston graduate develops easy-to-use, 3D-printable finger prosthesis - offering amputees an affordable way to restore function.
Fraunhofer IBMT
Bidirectional control of prosthetic hands
13.10.2023
Researchers at Fraunhofer are working as part of an EU research project to improve control of prosthetic hands down to individual fingers.
Marius Maasewerd, HAWK
Orthobionics degree program
01.08.2023
The Orthobionics degree program trains orthopaedic specialists with scientific and practical knowledge.
Chalmers University of Technology
Bionic hand: unprecedented control
21.07.2023
For the first time, a person with an arm amputation can control each bionic finger individually.
Biodesign Lab / Harvard SEAS
Independence for post-stroke wearers
09.06.2023
A new exosuit designed for community use helps stroke survivors improve gait in daily life - enabling rehab beyond the lab.
Jens Meyer/Uni Jena
Specially coated titanium reduces risk of clots on prostheses
26.05.2023
An international research team led by the german University of Jena has now developed a promising approach to significantly reducing blood clotting on the heart valve material titanium.
Exoskeletons for everyday use: Non-invasive method for controlling prostheses
26.05.2023
Modern prostheses are already smart, but they still have their limits. The Assistive Intelligent Robotics Lab at FAU is therefore also researching an intuitive and non-invasive method for controlling prostheses. In our interview, those involved tell us exactly what they are working on together with neurologists and surgeons from the Erlangen University Hospital.
BarcelonaTech (UPC)
Low-cost robotic arm: an alternative prosthese
25.05.2023
UPC’s ARM2u team develops a low-cost, 3D-printed robotic arm prosthesis enhancing accessibility and expanding its functions.
AG Klinische Neurotechnologie, Charité Berlin
Controlling neural exoskeletons more precisely with diamond sensors
02.02.2023
In the recently launched NeuroQ lighthouse project, the project partners develop highly sensitive diamond-based quantum sensors that will enable paralyzed people to control neural exoskeletons more precisely.
StudioVK
A prosthetic limb that can read my mind
04.01.2023
A team at FAU is investigating how intelligent prostheses can be improved. The idea is that interactive artificial intelligence will help the prostheses to recognize human intent better, to register their surroundings and to continue to develop and improve over time.
3Digity
Finger orthosis: Custom fit with 3D printing
10.05.2022
Following an injury or surgery, orthotics are key components of the recovery and rehabilitation process. The University spin-off 3Digity designs 3D-printed customized finger orthoses to foster rehabilitation as custom orthotics can drastically speed up the recovery process.
Digitalization in orthopedic technology – A craft is changing
22.11.2021
Orthopedic auxiliary means are mostly still produced in manual labor today. But orthopedic technology is also trying out new ways by using tools like 3D scanners, digital models and 3D printing. Nadja Singer from Ottobock explains in our video interview how this changes the production of auxiliary means.
Digital orthopedic technology: scan, customize, print
01.07.2021
When auxiliary means like orthoses or prostheses do not come from the shelf, but are adapted to the wearer, this means true crafting: In the past, a plaster mold of a body part had to be made as a template to create an individual aid from it step by step. Fortunately, we have come a long way until today.
Orthopedic technology: 3D scanners change the industry
01.07.2021
Orthopedic technology involves taking a measurement of a specific body part and then creating a medical device, be it prosthesis or orthosis, that fits. While optical scanners are already used for some of these measurements, others are still performed through manual labor and craft to create molds of the body. 3D scanners are changing this.
PantherMedia/belahoche
Bionic prosthesis: easy to put on, intuitive to use
22.09.2020
Patients who receive a prosthesis after the amputation of a limb often have to train for weeks or months until they can control the technology and use it in everyday life without problems. At the Medical University of Vienna, the world's first bionic prosthesis has now been developed that has a closed control loop and enables immediate, intuitive use.
Endoprostheses - Ultrasound to detect loosening?
27.02.2019
Many patients suffering from arthrosis or other kinds of damage in the hip joint need an endoprosthesis at some point. However, this prosthesis can loosen again after some time, so that it must be replaced. In order to delay this replacement surgery for as long as possible, the TH Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences develops a new diagnostic method.