More than two million Americans have lost a limb and it’s estimated there are 185,000 amputations every year. Now new technology in prosthetics is helping many amputees move forward. Robert Wright has ...

Retired Army Sgt. Max Ramsey, 42, recently traded his X2 microprocessor knee for the latest innovation in prosthetics at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). The X3 waterproof and ...

The prosthetics and orthotics market benefits from increasing diabetes-related amputations and an aging population needing mobility solutions, propelling demand for advanced devices. Innovation in ...

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 ...

UPDATE: May 8, 2019: Ottobock said it was disappointed in FTC's decision but said it would continue to "work in a collaborative manner with the FTC to promptly reach a mutually beneficial resolution." ...

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 ...

Irvine-based prosthetic device maker Free-dom Innovations LLC has a new owner, as well as plans to increase its sales and research and development staffs and make a push for international expansion.

When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. Adams, 51, lost his right leg to cancer 40 years ago and he ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Robert Wright has kept his sense of humor, despite losing his left leg to melanoma in 2018, but it wasn't always this way. "Lying in the hospital bed, getting ready for amputation, I ...