A dog born without a foot will soon become "the world's smallest bionic pet" after a procedure to fit the pooch with a prosthetic, titanium foot is completed. The chihuahua—named "Peggy Leg"—was ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ Leg amputations haven't changed much in a very long time. Civil War-era textbooks describing them look pretty similar to contemporary ones, said Dr. Matthew Carty, a staff ...

A motorless, flexible, waterproof prosthetic foot inspired by the anatomy of the human extremity is the new SoftFoot Pro bionic foot prototype, designed by the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa ...

A motorless, flexible, waterproof prosthetic foot inspired by the anatomy of the human extremity is the new SoftFoot Pro bionic foot prototype, designed by the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa ...

The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., recently became the first VA medical facility to fit a patient with the Proprio Bionic Foot. The technologically advanced ...

The prosthetic is the first bionic lower-leg system to restore lost function of the foot and ankle. It simulates muscle function for people who have had amputations below the knee. Only five of these ...