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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The last two years have been the most challenging years of Ben Cromwell's life. In July 2020, he was hospitalized with COVID-19. "I had severe clotting from COVID," said Cromwell. ...

The Canadian military has begun testing what a company is calling "the world's first bionic knee brace" to help troops better absorb the impact from carrying all the gear and equipment on the modern ...

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 ...

Tony Gerst took a big step the other day, and his physical therapist expressed her elation with a sound that is difficult to describe. I’ve never heard anything like it — neither whoop nor squeal, but ...