Groundbreaking technology gives patients controllable, adjustable fingers. Dec. 14, 2009 — -- When Michael Bailey lost three fingers and part of his left hand in a work-related accident in March, ...

The University of Minnesota-Duluth student who suffered severe frostbite after spending a night in subzero temperatures, resulting in amputations on her hands and feet, is in the process of getting an ...

Nigel Ackland could be mistaken for a cyborg. He has a high-tech robotic hand that looks like it started life as a Formula 1 car and its movements are alarmingly lifelike. It’s called the “bebonic3” ...

Hilliard, OH – November 17, 2010 – Touch Bionics (www.touchbionics.com), developer of advanced upper-limb prosthetic technologies, today announced that its ProDigits solution has won a Best of What’s ...

In a middle seat on a recent flight from New York to Florida, Eric Jones quietly enjoyed actions that most other people just accept - such as taking a cup of coffee from the flight attendant and ...

ERIC JONES sat in a middle seat on a recent flight from the New York area to Florida, but he wasn’t complaining. Instead, he was quietly enjoying actions that many other people might take for granted, ...

Touch Bionics is offering hope to the disabled with an extraordinary new product called ProDigits. It's the world's first powered bionic fingers and the range of motion and complexity of grip that it ...

Scientists today unveiled what they claim are the world's first bionic fingers which they hope will transform the lives of people with missing digits. The motor-powered ProDigits have been developed ...

LIVINGSTON, Scotland /PRNewswire/ -- Touch Bionics, developer of advanced upper-limb bionic technologies, announced the commercial launch of ProDigits, the "world's first powered bionic finger ...

The fact that the hand is such a debilitating body part to lose has spurred researchers to develop a functional and aesthetically pleasing bionic replacement. While seemingly not as severe as the loss ...

There are two control strategies that can be employed to power ProDigits: either myoelectric sensors that register muscle signals from the residual finger or palm, or a pressure-sensitive switch input ...

Frank Hrabanek lost four fingers on his left hand as the result of an industrial accident two years ago. Simple tasks such as cutting food, getting dressed and writing became overwhelming obstacles.