First magnetic prosthesis successfully tested on an amputee
Thanks to a magnet-controlled prosthetic hand, the first in the world, a 34-year-old Italian has been able to perform everyday ...
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Revolution in dental care: towards a treatment for tooth regrowth
Japanese researchers are working on a revolutionary treatment that will allow teeth to grow back naturally. THE ESSENTIAL Japanese researchers ...
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Leg amputation: this new prosthesis works miracles!
A new prosthesis allows leg amputees to adapt to all types of terrain. THE ESSENTIAL A new type of prosthesis ...
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Disability: “Devices, like prostheses, help you feel good about yourself”
In France, more than one in 10 adults have a disability and women are more often affected by severe physical ...
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Brain: a neural prosthesis helps restore memory
Researchers have developed a “neural prosthesis” that helps patients store or remember precise information using electro-stimulation. THE ESSENTIAL An American ...
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Prosthesis: these new sensors could improve the lives of amputees
Researchers have developed sensors capable of making people with prosthetic hands feel humidity. THE ESSENTIAL Researchers have developed new technology: ...
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How a bionic hand could stop phantom limb pain
A Swedish woman was the first patient to receive a bionic hand fused with her bones and nervous system, giving ...
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Amputees: prostheses that feel hot and cold
Thanks to a sensory sensor integrated into prostheses, patients who have lost a hand are able to feel the temperature ...
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Consuming cocaine is dangerous for the nose
Cocaine use can damage the nose, requiring surgery to replace the nasal structure with a prosthesis. THE ESSENTIAL Cocaine use ...
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Osteoarthritis: soon a technology to replace the knee prosthesis
Researchers have developed an alternative to the knee prosthesis for people suffering from pain related to osteoarthritis. Explanations. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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How to maintain your dental prosthesis?
© iStock A cavity, a bacterial disease, a fall, a shock… so many factors that can lead to the loss ...
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Hip prosthesis: know how to spot the signs of infection
Approximately 220,000 hip or knee prostheses are fitted each year. The infection of these implants is rare but it affects ...
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How ultrasound can restore sight?
Prostheses make it possible to stimulate the neurons of the retina using ultrasound, and could thus restore the visual abilities ...
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Leg-amputee sprinters’ blades don’t make them run faster
For the International Athletics Federation, carbon prostheses are an aid for amputee runners. Scientists prove the opposite: they do not ...
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Knee osteoarthritis: tibial osteotomy can be an alternative to arthroplasty
Tibial osteotomy is a surgical technique little used to treat knee osteoarthritis. However, it is a less invasive method for ...
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Knee prostheses … not at all green!
According to a new study, the anesthesia required for a total knee replacement would have a carbon footprint as large ...
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Breast cancer: new personalized and sexy prostheses for well-being after the disease
The Toulouse University Hospital is launching a clinical trial so that the first personalized breast prosthesis is scientifically guaranteed and, ...
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Towards new hip prostheses
The modeling of hip prostheses makes it possible to predict their lifespan and to design new, more robust prostheses. THE ...
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Prosthesis or real limb: for the brain, it’s the same!
In people equipped with neuroprostheses, the brain does not distinguish between the sensations obtained thanks to a real limb or ...
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Amputation: an arm prosthesis capable of making the sensations of touch felt
Researchers have succeeded in creating an arm prosthesis that can be manipulated by thought and capable of making users feel ...
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Osteoarthritis of the knee: too many people have surgery late
Too many people with knee osteoarthritis have surgery late. However, waiting too long minimizes the benefits of surgery. Osteoarthritis is ...
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Amputation: a prosthesis capable of restoring the lost sensations of walking
Swiss researchers have developed a prototype prosthesis allowing above-knee amputees to regain the sensitivity of the lost limb. "It's the ...
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An electronic glove to increase the sensations of prosthesis users
In order to improve the daily lives of people with upper limb amputees, American researchers have developed an electronic glove, ...
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A new touch-sensitive, thought-guided prosthetic arm
Biomedical engineers are developing a prosthetic arm for amputees that responds to the patient's thoughts and can sense touch through ...
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Knee prosthesis: some people have a higher risk of complications after the operation
Men, under the age of 60, people with chronic lung disease, diabetics, liver patients or people with a high body ...
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Cancer: wigs now fully reimbursed by Social Security
From Tuesday April 2, wigs intended for women with cancer will be better, or even fully reimbursed by Health Insurance. ...
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World’s first transplant using 3D-printed middle ear bones
This innovative technique could provide relief from conductive hearing loss: when a person loses their hearing after infection, trauma or ...
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Amputation: soon prostheses driven by phantom limbs?
French researchers have developed a prototype arm prosthesis capable of detecting the movements of a phantom limb, that is to ...
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Hip and knee prosthesis: how long do they last?
8 out of 10 total knee replacements and 6 out of 10 total hip replacements are still in place after ...
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Amputation: a prosthesis restores the complex movements of the wrist
Equipped with an electronic implant, this new prosthesis allows forearm amputees to perform wrist movements, which improves their manual dexterity ...
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