PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new bionic body part that talks to your phone, this is not science fiction, it's the next frontier in knee replacements that's arrived in Philadelphia. It's called a "smart ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It pained James Cook to watch his grandfather hobble on arthritic, achy knees. The elderly man had undergone several surgeries, including one of the first knee replacements in the ...

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 ...

MIT researchers have developed a new bionic knee that can help people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb stairs, and avoid obstacles more easily than they could with a traditional ...

iWalk recently announced the availability of its BiOM bionic lower limb system for above-knee amputees. The device is an ankle system that works with select microprocessor knees to restore natural ...

ADDIE MEINERS SHOWS US HOW IT WORKS. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A FUTURISTIC MOVIE. SO NOW I GET IN HER LOOK AT THE APP AND I GO, OKAY, WELL MY RANGE OF MOTION LAST WEEK WAS 48%. I’M UP TO 52% ...

Thanks to a neural interface, people can move this bionic limb naturally—just by thinking about it. When someone loses part of a leg, a prosthetic can make it easier to get around. But most ...

A new computer-controlled exoskeleton is now available to help warfighters carry heavy equipment in physically challenging environments. The FORTIS Knee Stress Release Device (K-SRD) features military ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It pained James Cook to watch his grandfather hobble on arthritic, achy knees. The elderly man had undergone several surgeries, including one of the first knee replacements in the ...