In December I wrote about passive bionic braces, which could ease strain and enhance the physical capabilities of the average human without using bulky motors. Now Spring Loaded Technology, maker of a ...

A newly developed bionic knee could help people with above-the-knee amputations walk and climb with greater ease than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The new prosthesis, described July 10 in ...

A Canadian biotech start up, Spring Loaded Technology has created a prototype for a bionic knee brace that uses hydraulics and to augment the function of the quadricips which are the muscles on front ...

Spring Loaded Technology announces that it has completed its initial delivery of 60 UpShot™ bionic knee braces to the Department of National Defence as part of its $1M (CAD) contract awarded under the ...

Thomas Gee, a former gymnast, used to do handstands, perform wheelies on his skateboard, and run around with his three young children. But in 2001, a marble-sized bump on his left leg swelled to the ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new bionic body part that talks to your phone, this is not science fiction, it's the next frontier in knee replacements that's arrived in Philadelphia. It's called a "smart ...

Creating our own version of the Bionic Man is steadily becoming a reality. Arms, legs, and many other parts of the body are getting upgrades. And that includes knees. The Halifax-based Spring Loaded ...

Halifax-based Spring Loaded Technology announced today that it has delivered the first 60 in of a planned 190 bionic knee braces to the Canadian Army, part of a $1 million (CAD) contract awarded to ...

Two medical students at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine recently designed a bionic knee brace that could provide more mobility for people with cerebral palsy than current knee braces. Cerebral ...

HILLSBORO -- A third of Americans have chronic knee pain with the most common being osteoarthritis. That's a wearing away of the knee's cartilage. But a new device called Bionicare gives patients an ...

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — There's a promising new treatment to help people suffering with knee pain. Many patients are avoiding the knife and, instead, going for electric stimulation. CBS 2 reporter Lisa ...

The aim of the mechanical knee brace is to help with walking and to reduce the effect of fatigue. The concept is called the “Levitation brace” and it has classical physics concepts at its heart. The ...