![Prosthetic Hand Uses Embedded Eye to See [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/05/Prosthetic-hand-can-see-with-video-600x279.png?resize=600%2C279)
by Bruce Brown | May 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
Unlike lower limbs where diabetes is usually a factor, upper limb amputations due to vascular system complications account for only a small portion of cases, according to a fact sheet from the Center for Orthotic and Prosthetic Care. Most upper limb amputations are...
![Biometrics for Better Patient IDs [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/Patient-ID-hand-scan.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | November 9, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Electronic health records (EHR) are one of the key mandates of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). These systems offer many distinct advantages, such as making it easier for healthcare professionals to share data about a patient in order to improve diagnosis...
![Amputees Control Computers with Prosthesis Add-On [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/10/Shortcut-digital-prosthesis-with-video-600x270.jpg?resize=600%2C270)
by Bruce Brown | October 10, 2016 | General News, Medical
When factory workers, machinists, or people in many other types of manual work lose a hand, the loss often results in a career change. According to graduate students at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, in Germany alone, 15 people lose a hand every day on...
![Learning to Control a Phantom Hand [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/07/ASU-prosthetic-feedback.jpg?resize=599%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | July 11, 2016 | General News, Medical
Amputees often report that they can feel a “phantom limb” where theirs used to be. One of the great challenges is not just to create prosthetic replacements that the patient can control, but that also provide sensations as they are used. This closing of...
![Hand Sensor Speeds Rehab [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/07/Rapael-hand.jpg?resize=600%2C267)
by Alfred Poor | July 7, 2016 | General News, Medical
At first glance, the device shown in this picture resembles a robotic prosthetic that might help patients move their hands. In fact, the device is passive and is designed to accurately measure a patient’s hand motions, right down to individual fingers. This is a...
