WORCESTER - Sister Maureen Lewis has been saying her prayers standing up or sitting down since her right leg was amputated in November 2015, but with her new microprocessor knee, her prosthetists at ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BionicM USA LLC and Brooks Rehabilitation have announced a collaborative clinical research study, titled Adaptive Mobility Technology: A Comparative ...

A bionic knee is transforming lives. Researchers with the Hanger Clinic say it’s allowing people with a shorter built height access to microprocessor technology. Albert Guzman, 28, from Coconut Grove, ...

WASHINGTON, DC — A new study by the RAND Corp showing that amputees who receive microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees (MPKs) have fewer falls and injuries than those who get older devices could ...

You probably don’t want to lose a leg, but if you have to there are many options now that were unthinkable not long ago. That is, if you can afford them. A microprocessor knee — a prosthetic with some ...

How do microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees differ from traditional prosthetic knees? These prosthetics are a big change from traditional models. The knees are designed with a programmable ...

Chennai, Sep 23 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday said it has developed a microprocessor-controlled knee (MPK) which is ten times cheaper against imported ones. According ...

A new motor-powered, microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knee called 'Power Knee' was introduced by Össur. Power Knee aims to help people who have limb differences or above-knee amputations have the ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers describe the direct medical costs of falls in adults with a transfemoral amputation. In ...

Brenda Novak of Branford paid $21,000 out of pocket for her prosthetic leg, which she needed after a stone and concrete water tower in a garden collapsed on her in 2008, crushing her left leg and ...

This exploratory pilot study will evaluate functional mobility using the Bio Leg compared to participants' current microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees. Outcomes will be assessed using a ...