Prosthetics for children can be expensive because they need to adjust to their growth. Now 3-D printing is making them more affordable and flexible.

But Scottish Rite has increasingly incorporated 3D printing and microprocessors in kids’ prosthetics that can both be programmed by and communicate with smartphones.

Bionic arms for kids have a come long way from where they started 10 years ago in Central Florida. They couldn’t hold much. They were costly to make and replace for growing kids. And they didn ...

Arisbeth Muñoz is raising money for prosthetics so she can “be present’ for her two sons after a devastating illness that ...

Dr. Omar Llaguna, specialist in surgical oncology, programs a HistoSonics medical device for targeting a medium that mimics a liver tumor in a human body to demonstrate how a histotripsy procedure ...

From providing prosthetic arms to children like Shawn, to prosthetic legs for kids like Joseph, Iron Leg has been instrumental in improving the quality of life for these young individuals.

The student organization Enable UC can build a custom, functional hand in its lab on campus for less than $20 – instead of thousands of dollars – and get it to the patient in about a week.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One project at University of Nebraska Omaha is testing out innovative ways to help kids who are in need of prosthetics. UNO’s Department of Biomechanics has a research lab ...

Ottobock and Hanger, Inc., two global leaders in orthotics and prosthetics headquartered in Austin, are proud to celebrate ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Dino Scanio, a local orthotist is making a global impact by helping children in need of prosthetics in Guatemala. Scanio, founder of the The Foot Foundation, has spent ...

CLEVELAND — Eleven Cleveland Metropolitan School District students are counting down the hours until they travel to the Dominican Republic to give prosthetic devices they made themselves to ...