Reading About Medical Devices and Assistive Technology: Where to Start
A guide to our Medical Devices & Assistive Technology shelf — nine anthologies of first-person testimony, from prosthetics and wheelchairs to bionic eyes and brain-computer interfaces.
April 27, 2026 · By The Editors, Healing Stories Network · 1 min read
Technology meets the body most intimately on this shelf: the prosthetic that becomes simply a leg, the wheelchair that is freedom rather than confinement, the implant that returns light or steadies a hand. The people telling these stories live at that meeting point every day, and they describe both the engineering marvel and the very human work of making a device part of a life.
Here is the Medical Devices & Assistive Technology shelf, mapped.
Mobility and independence
- Stepping Forward: Prosthetic Limb Stories
- Rolling On: Wheelchair Living Stories
- Walk Again: Exoskeleton Experience Stories
The implanted frontier
- Sight Restored: Bionic Eye Stories
- Mind Connected: Brain-Computer Interface Experience Stories
- Printed for Purpose: 3D Medical Implant Stories
Everyday health tech
From the Reading Room
Companion pieces include smart rings and wearables, self-tracked health, and living with a pacemaker.
The whole shelf lives in our Medical Devices & Assistive Technology collection; pacemakers, insulin pumps, CPAP, and hearing devices appear on their condition shelves.
These books are companion reading, not device advice. Fitting, candidacy, and settings belong with your clinicians and device specialists.
The Reading Room publishes personal stories and editorial notes from our press. Everything here is companion reading — never medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. For guidance about your own health, please speak with a qualified clinician.