The researchers have since carried out the AMI procedure on nine other below-knee amputees, and are planning to adapt the technique for those needing above-knee, below-elbow and above-elbow ...

Three new studies from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) highlight the use and advantages of osseointegration (OI) for ...

The first person with below-elbow amputation implanted with an osseo-neuromuscular prosthesis. Electrodes implanted in nerves and muscles are accessed via two titanium implants that serve for skeletal ...

MIT researchers invented a technique that preserves crucial muscle communication—and it has even more benefits than expected. Most amputations sever the muscle pairs that control joints such as the ...

A first-of-its-kind amputation procedure, conducted in July, was shared during a news conference at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston. “Dynamic-model amputation” may allow the brain to ...

The procedure allowed people to walk faster, climb stairs better and avoid obstacles more easily. Hugh Herr and Hyungeun Song In a clinical trial, researchers enabled people with prosthetic legs to ...