The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), an institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and ICT, has succeeded in developing a smart, customizable prosthetic socket ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xtremity, a premium medical device maker known for developing cutting-edge prosthetic thermoformable socket technology and the creator of the XtremityTT™ Socket System, today ...

Many people in developing countries who have lost a limb live with a common problem: They have no prosthesis. Josh Tacca, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, traveled to Quito, Ecuador, last ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xtremity, a premium medical device brand that develops advanced prosthetic socket technology, today announced closing of a Series B3 financing round, totaling $8.1 million ...

Researchers have developed a 3D-printed prosthetic limb socket that uses AI-driven pressure mapping to create highly personalized designs, resulting in devices that absorb up to 1,600% more energy ...

As amazing as the human body is, it’s unfortunately not as amazing as e.g. axolotl bodies are, in the sense that they can regrow entire limbs and more. This has left us humans with the necessity to ...

Plastic waste is a major problem, but what if you could turn the world’s trash into treasure? [Yayasan Kaki Kita Sukasada (YKKS)] in Indonesia is doing this by using recycled plastic to make ...

The storied Fraunhofer Institute and its 3D-printing division have brought us one step closer to those life-size androids in HBO's hit TV series Westworld by printing a prosthetic eye that will for ...

Newswise — A prosthetic socket optimized for thigh amputee patients has been developed for the first time in South Korea. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (President Park Sang-jin, ...