According to a news release from Hanger Clinic, one of its patients in Massachusetts is among the first in the world to receive the i-limb ultra revolution, and upper limb prosthesis that can be controlled via mobile application.
The Braun Corporation has announced that on May 22, Lance Corporal Michael DeLancey, who was paralyzed from the waist down in Iraq in 2006 after being shot by a sniper, will be presented with an accessible Honda Entervan converted by BraunAbility.
According to a recent Amputee Coalition news release, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has eliminated the use of CastScope to screen individuals with prosthetic devices.
Sharon Clark, Ottobock employee, has been given a title change from National Payor Relations and Contract Specialist to National Payor Relations Manager, a company news release announces.
In response to VPG's shut down of operations, producer of the MV-1, VMI and its dealers have reportedly created an emergency response phone number and internet clearing house in order to assist MV-1 owners.
A team of neurobiologists is currently working with a robotic hand equipped with sensors engineered to send electrical signals to electrodes implanted in the brain to approach the same response to touch as a real hand.
As part of an exclusive partnership with Quantum Rehab and Pride Mobility Products Corporation, the Comfort Company will be selling the companies' manual wheelchair offerings beginning in May.