Studio Design Reality has created a set of leg covers for prosthetic limbs, which aim to increase wearers’ confidence and be “functional, attractive and a pleasure to use”. The Limb-art collection was ...

The Nova Scotian woman lost her leg more than 15 years ago, and has since had a prosthetic limb that’s not waterproof. This has taken a toll on her emotionally and physically. “Being ...

and she began using a prosthetic leg in September. Since then, working with the Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, she has started a business called No Limbits to provide prosthetic covers to fellow ...

Erickson recently got a new prosthetic leg from Limb Lab that, among other features, is waterproof. With her previous leg, which was battery-powered but not waterproof, she would have to cover her ...

Solutions exist for this: there are waterproof airtight covers which fit on over the leg and keep the prosthetic protected. Or, there are limbs available which are more suited to going in the water.

A 3D-printed cosmetic cover for a prosthetic leg, complete with art, is made for an amputee veteran [Mansur Mirovalev/Al Jazeera] Apart from boosting the production, they have other, bigger plans.