Taking inspiration from some of the unique attributes of dragonfly wings, scientists at Germany’s Kiel University have developed a new type of splint for injured joints that offers support in all the ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. With its latest addition, Alphapointe now has eight patents ...

The Splint Kit from David Medical Products contains a wrist splint, arm splint, leg splint,elbow/ankle splint and waterproof carrying bag. All splints are made of a light neoprene material and have an ...

Exos Medical Corp. has raised $925,000 in equity to develop its high-tech casts and splints that have been worn by several notable athletes, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The Kansas City-based nonprofit, which is dedicated to ...

Pizza boxes and bicycle seats are not typically used to make a wrist splint. But when in the great outdoors, almost anything can be used as a medical device if the situation is approached with an ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former bus driver-turned-inventor who developed an innovative hand splint now used across the world. Brian Foote was forced to abandon his initial career as a craftsman ...

Ramiah Martin isn't like other little girls, and that's perfectly fine with her mother. "She is nothing short of a miracle," Leanne Martin said of her daughter, who was facing long odds before her ...

Astronauts have always had to pack light. Luckily, when they’ve visited the moon or lived on the International Space Station, Earth is literally in sight. And if they had a medical issue or injury, ...

Shin splints aren’t hard to get. Faulty posture, poor shoes, fallen arches, insufficient warmups, poor running mechanics, poor walking mechanics, and overtraining can lead to the telltale shin pain.