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1 month, 2 weeks ago

China wins arm prosthesis competition

Xu Min and her team demonstrate her bionic prosthesis at a promotional event for Cybathlon 2024, which will attract 160 teams from across the world. Demonstrating China's strength in assistive technologies, a woman participant from Jiangsu province emerged winner in Cybathlon global finals recently held in Zurich, Switzerland. Wearing a robotic forearm prosthesis, the amputee, who lost her right forearm …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

China wins arm prosthesis competition

China Daily

Xu Min and her team demonstrate her bionic prosthesis at a promotional event for Cybathlon 2024, which will attract 160 teams from across the world. Demonstrating China's strength in assistive technologies, a woman participant from Jiangsu province emerged winner in Cybathlon global finals recently held in Zurich, Switzerland. Wearing a robotic forearm prosthesis, the amputee, who lost her right forearm …

China Team Arm His Team Cybathlon Prosthesis

2 months ago

Cancer Patient Surpasses Complex Laryngectomy, Offers Hope for the Future

Deccan Chronicle

Doctors successfully perform a Complex Laryngectomy surgery on a 47-year-old cancer patient, offering a new lease of life. The procedure involved a complex salvage total laryngectomy, removing the voice box along with a bilateral functional neck dissection to excise lymph nodes and surrounding tissues. The patient had several health complications, but the medical team performed the surgery with success.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bionic limbs can now feel 'real' thanks to new surgery

NPR

Bionic limbs can now feel 'real' thanks to new surgery Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Augmenting Humans. When paired with a bionic leg designed by MIT's Hugh Herr, amputees can move and "feel" their limbs like never before. About Hugh Herr Hugh Herr is a professor at the MIT Media Lab and co-directs the MIT K. Lisa …

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3 months ago

Total knee replacement performed at Karaikal GH

The Hindu

The Karaikal Government Hospital recently performed its first total knee replacement surgery on a 58-year-old woman who had been suffering from severe osteoarthritis in her left knee for over five years. In grade 4 OA, the protective cartilage in the knee joint has completely eroded, leading to bone-on-bone contact, causing significant pain and making it nearly impossible for the patient …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Andrew stood on a gumnut in his backyard and a month later needed to have his leg amputated

Daily Mail

A man is lucky to be alive after stepping on a gumnut and developing an infection so serious that he ended up having a leg amputated. It became infected, leading to a lower leg amputation Mr Trigg took antibiotics only weeks after he stood on the gumnut because the infection appeared to spread and started to smell The seed had …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Nigerian group provides hundreds of prosthetic limbs to amputee children thanks to crowdfunding

Associated Press

LAGOS, Nigeria — The accident that broke 10-year-old Princess Igbinosa’s right leg could have crushed her dreams of becoming a model in a country where not many can afford prosthetics to cope with life and fight social stigma. The prosthesis came from the IREDE Foundation, a Nigerian group that provides children like her with free artificial limbs that normally cost …

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1 year ago

Getting to grips with a new hand

China Daily

Xu Min and her team demonstrate her bionic prosthesis at a promotional event for Cybathlon 2024, which will attract 160 teams from across the world. At the Rehabilitation Engineering Technology Department at the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, engineers and researchers are busy adjusting a myoelectric prosthetic hand. "These tasks are routine …

Technology Event Hand Suzhou Tasks

1 year ago

Getting to grips with a new hand

China Daily

By Wang Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2023-12-09 10:59 The research team, including Hu Xuhui, and Xu attend the event to demonstrate their latest product and how humans and machines can collaborate. Compared to the clawlike cableoperated prosthesis she wore in the March competition this year, her new hand has five fingers, which is controlled by the electrical signals …

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1 year ago

Getting to grips with a new hand

China Daily

By Wang Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2023-12-09 10:59 Xu Min and her team demonstrate her bionic prosthesis at a promotional event for Cybathlon 2024, which will attract 160 teams from across the world. At the Rehabilitation Engineering Technology Department at the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, engineers and researchers are …

Technology China Daily Event Hand Suzhou Tasks

1 year ago

Getting to grips with a new hand

China Daily

Xu Min and her team demonstrate her bionic prosthesis at a promotional event for Cybathlon 2024, which will attract 160 teams from across the world. At the Rehabilitation Engineering Technology Department at the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, engineers and researchers are busy adjusting a myoelectric prosthetic hand. "These tasks are routine …

Technology Event Hand Suzhou Tasks

1 year, 2 months ago

Bionic hand breakthrough could be ‘life-changing’ for amputees

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The fact that she has been able to use her prosthesis comfortably and effectively in …

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1 year, 4 months ago

This Prosthetic Limb Actually Attaches to the Wearer’s Nerves

Wired

In addition to the Olympics and Paralympics, there’s another epic celebration of human fortitude: The Cybathlon, otherwise known as the Cyborg Olympics. According to Max Ortiz-Catalan, a bionics engineer at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, it’s “the Olympics for cyborgs, where technologies are used to overcome disabilities.” Unlike the other events, the Cybathlon commemorates new prosthetic technologies and …

Olympics Control Nerve Prosthetic Cybathlon Limb

1 year, 5 months ago

Above-the-elbow amputee ‘moves individual fingers in bionic limb in world first’

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The researchers said this is the first time a person with above-the-elbow amputation has been …

Control Sweden Health Check Bionic Tonney Prof Ortiz Catalan

1 year, 6 months ago

Suarez struggling with knee problem, says Gremio president

The Hindu

Uruguay and Gremio striker Luis Suarez, who suffers from osteoarthrosis in his right knee, is struggling to extend his playing career, according to his Brazilian club’s president Alberto Guerra. Suarez has the possibility of being fitted with a prosthesis,” Guerra told reporters at Gremio’s stadium. We don’t know.” The 36-year-old Suarez is still training and was named in the Gremio …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Abby Choi: Murdered Hong Kong socialite’s face could be remade with 3D tech for funeral, report says

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The family of murdered Hong …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Ukrainian soldier who lost leg to run London Marathon for unity against Russia

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “After the large-scale invasion happened more than a year ago in Ukraine, I immediately …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Neuralink co-founder unveils cyborg eye prosthesis to cure blindness

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The co-founder of Elon Musk’s brain chip startup Neuralink has unveiled a visual …

Indytech Neuralink Cyborg Eye

2 years, 5 months ago

Coimbatore youth who lost limbs walks again, thanks to CMCH medical team

The Hindu

A 22-year-old youth who lost his upper limbs below the elbow and lower limbs below the knee due to electrocution walked into the chamber of Coimbatore District Collector and shook hands with Collector G.S. Sameeran on Thursday after the Artificial Limb Centre of the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital made light-weight customised prosthesis for him. Subash, a resident of Vepampallam in …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Limbless Syrian boy in iconic photo starts new life in Italy

Al Jazeera

The award-winning picture of Munzir El Nezzel playfully lifting Mustafa, his son who was born without limbs, has given the family a shot at a new life after becoming a poignant symbol of the plight of war-torn Syria. The shocking yet tender picture taken by Turkish photographer Mehmet Aslan, titled Hardship of Life, captured an intimate moment of affection between …

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3 years ago

I'm Cutting Off My Arm This Week — And It's A Wish Come True

Huff Post

The author surrounded by smiley faces with, as she puts it, "my left arm chilling in front like an annoying photo bomber." The best way I can sum it up is with Lewis Carroll’s quote, “I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Because if someone had told me I’d one day learn to do everything with one …

Way Left My Life One Hand Arm Wish My Arm

3 years, 3 months ago

Tokyo Paralympics Bronze Medallist in F42 Men's High Jump

News 18

Sharad Kumar won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in the F42 category of Men’s High Jump event on Tuesday by clearing 1.83m. The 29-year-old Sharad Kumar is from Motipur in Bihar and competes in the F42 category of men’s high jump event. They even performed various poojas in faith for his survival when he would often get critically …

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3 years, 8 months ago

This Boston Marathon bombing survivor is on a mission to give fellow amputees the prosthetic legs insurance won’t cover

CNN

CNN — When runners cross the finish line during Monday’s 125th Boston Marathon, Heather Abbott will be there cheering them on. “There are all kinds of different emotions, different ways I had to learn to do things.” CNN Hero Heather Abbott Abbott received a prosthesis for walking but said insurance would not cover any additional prostheses that would allow her …

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3 years, 10 months ago

'The Sky's Not Even The Limit': Cancer Survivor To Become Youngest American In Space

NPR

'The Sky's Not Even The Limit': Cancer Survivor To Become Youngest American In Space Enlarge this image toggle caption Mike Brown/American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital via AP Mike Brown/American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital via AP Hayley Arceneaux, 29, became a physician assistant at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital nearly a …

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China wins arm prosthesis competition

China wins arm prosthesis competition

Cancer Patient Surpasses Complex Laryngectomy, Offers Hope for the Future

Bionic limbs can now feel 'real' thanks to new surgery

Total knee replacement performed at Karaikal GH

Andrew stood on a gumnut in his backyard and a month later needed to have his leg amputated

Nigerian group provides hundreds of prosthetic limbs to amputee children thanks to crowdfunding

Getting to grips with a new hand

Getting to grips with a new hand

Getting to grips with a new hand

Getting to grips with a new hand

Bionic hand breakthrough could be ‘life-changing’ for amputees

This Prosthetic Limb Actually Attaches to the Wearer’s Nerves

Above-the-elbow amputee ‘moves individual fingers in bionic limb in world first’

Suarez struggling with knee problem, says Gremio president

Abby Choi: Murdered Hong Kong socialite’s face could be remade with 3D tech for funeral, report says

Ukrainian soldier who lost leg to run London Marathon for unity against Russia

Neuralink co-founder unveils cyborg eye prosthesis to cure blindness

Coimbatore youth who lost limbs walks again, thanks to CMCH medical team

Limbless Syrian boy in iconic photo starts new life in Italy

I'm Cutting Off My Arm This Week — And It's A Wish Come True

Tokyo Paralympics Bronze Medallist in F42 Men's High Jump

This Boston Marathon bombing survivor is on a mission to give fellow amputees the prosthetic legs insurance won’t cover

'The Sky's Not Even The Limit': Cancer Survivor To Become Youngest American In Space