A robotic arm recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is helping amputees accomplish the simplest of tasks. The Deka arm has been eight years in the making and is a sophisticated ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a robotic arm for amputees that is named for the “Star Wars” character Luke Skywalker and can perform multiple, simultaneous movements, a huge ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A Haysville science teacher is about to become an experiment herself. Sondra Stieber’s forearm, which had to be amputated last year, will be replaced by a robotic arm she’ll ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A medical advancement inspired by a "Star Wars" Jedi character is improving the lives of amputees thanks to its innovative range of movements. Junius Moore lost part of his arm ...

A Pensacola-area Marine who lost her leg during combat in Afghanistan and posed nude for the cover of ESPN Magazine's 2017 Body issue is being praised by other female veterans. "People are talking ...

BOSTON (CBS) - It's amazing technology out of DEKA, the New Hampshire company founded by Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway and many other medical devices. It's a high-tech prosthesis, and for ...

Prosthetic limbs have come a really long way from being peg legs, hooks, and whatnot. The most advanced ones right now are often imbued with advanced robotics, which offer far more function and a ...

Every now and then, when he flexes the muscles in his forearm and picks up something such as a fork or a car key, Army Sgt. Matt DeWitt thinks he is using his own arm again. "You still feel, for a ...

He's even mastered a more sensitive maneuver - hugging his grandchildren.The motions are coordinated and smooth because his left arm is a bionic device controlled by his brain. He thinks, "Close hand, ...

New technologies help patients accept their new limbs. April 21, 2011— -- When a severe infection caused Jan Schumacher, 58, of Portland Ore., to lose her fingers, she preferred a functional ...

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