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Matthew Wernke's award-winning presentation at AOPA's National Assembly targets a gap that should not exist: almost no data currently guides how prosthetists distribute pressure across the residual limb when designing a socket.
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Efteling amusement park in the Netherlands is the first to offer the SafeStrap, a certified strap system that secures a prosthetic limb during rides. The device went through TÜV NORD safety assessment after a TU Delft final-year project became a real commercial product.
Sonera, a UC Berkeley startup whose technology had prosthetic control among its stated applications, has reportedly been acquired by Apple. The acquisition is unannounced. Here is what the technology was, and what that typically means for clinical applications.
A UT Knoxville engineering team is developing the Myo-Bridge, an implant that senses the physical motion of residual muscles rather than their electrical signals, then relays that information wirelessly to an external prosthetic hand. The device also aims to send grip force data back to the residual limb so users can feel what the hand is holding. Up to 45 percent of powered prosthetic hand users eventually stop using the device.
A Chinese-government-funded partnership with UNDP and Moldova's Ministry of Labour and Social Protection will purchase prosthetics and mobility aids for the country's most vulnerable people and upgrade the national prosthetics center.
At the 2026 AOPA National Assembly in Las Vegas, the global prosthetics manufacturer launched Unleashed, a 20-story collection from people with limb loss and limb difference. The company says what it hears will shape its plans for next year.
A randomized crossover trial including Hugh Herr compared variable-stiffness and variable-damping quasi-passive ankles against two ESR ankles across eight walking tasks. What the study found, what it didn't, and what quasi-passive actually means for transtibial amputees.
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