Ottobock Launches Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Initiatives
During Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, Ottobock is launching initiatives to promote awareness and access to prosthetics and orthotics.
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Project Aims to Help Amputees Control Prosthetic Hands
FAU researchers have received a grant to empower amputees to maximize their potential for controlling the full dexterity of prosthetic hands.
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Össur Receives Grant from Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ SDG Partnership Fund
Össur pledges to donate prosthetics to Ukrainians and was awarded a €200,000 Euro grant to facilitate the accompanying clinical education.
ABCorp and Unlimited Tomorrow Partner to Manufacture Prosthetic Limbs
American Banknote Corporation (ABCorp) announces its partnership with Unlimited Tomorrow for production of its TrueLimb prosthetic limbs.
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Rogue Prosthetics Leverages The Careopolis to Enhance Success Among People Receiving an Artificial Limb
CareFlash and Rogue Prosthetics partnership leverages togetherness, empathy and nostalgia to enhance success among people obaining an artificial limb.
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Novel Wearable Armband Aims to Help Prosthetic Hand Users to ‘Get a Grip’
Researchers design first-of-its-kind multichannel soft robotic armband that conveys artificial sensations of touch, they explain in Scientific Reports.
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Össur Launches Power Knee Lower Limb Prosthesis
Össur launches the new Power Knee, reportedly the world’s first actively powered microprocessor prosthetic knee for people with above-knee amputation or limb difference.
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New from UNYQ: X-Collection Prosthetic Covers
X-Collection prosthetic covers are now available for Ottobock C-Leg4 and 3R80 models. More options are coming later in the year, UNYQ reports.
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Amarillo VA opens Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic
The Amarillo VA Health Care System unveiled its Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic recently at the Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center, myhighplains.com reports.
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Adapttech Licenses Outcome Measures from Two Leading O&P Institutions
Biomedical scale-up Adapttech has licensed the Prosthetic Limb Users Survey of Mobility (PLUS-M) from the University of Washington, and Amputee Mobility Predictors (AMPPro / AMPnoPro) from Advanced Rehabilitation Therapy to incorporate into future product designs and patient outcome models, it announces.
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Cross-Campus Collaboration Leads to ‘Smart Prosthetics’ for Amputee Patients
A novel surgery provides better muscle control, improved sensory feedback and less limb pain, UC Davis Health reports.
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Radical New Surgery Gives People with Amputations Restored Mobility, Less Pain
Surgeons discuss osseointegration, a new surgical procedure that aims to help restore mobility and reduce pain and tissue breakdown among people with lower-limb amputations.
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Össur Congratulates Marko Cheseto Lemtukei for Setting New Marathon World Record
Össur congratulates Team Össur member Marko Cheseto Lemtukei for setting another new World Record in the Marathon for bilateral amputee athletes as he completed the 2021 New York Marathon in 2:35:55.
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Personalizing Treatment for Severe Limb Injuries
People with a transplanted hand demonstrate a more balanced use of their hands than those who use a prosthesis, according to research conducted at University of Missouri.
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Study: Running Prostheses Offer No Competitive Advantage
Amputee sprinters using running prostheses, or blades, have no clear competitive advantage at the 400-meter distance compared to sprinters with biological legs and, in fact, appear to have a significant disadvantage at the start, according to University of Colorado Boulder research.
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Stretchable Pressure Sensor Could Lead to Better Robotics, Prosthetics
In the future, soft robotic hands with advanced sensors could help diagnose and care for patients or act as more lifelike prostheses, according to researchers, in Science Advances.
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New from PROTEOR USA: Freedom ShockWave Prosthetic Foot
PROTEOR USA debuts the Freedom ShockWave, a new PDAC Verified vertical shock carbon fiber prosthetic foot with axial rotation.
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Arm Dynamics and the FDA Study Prosthetic Rehab Outcomes
Two peer-reviewed research papers based on outcome measure data collected at Arm Dynamics examine how patient-reported and performance-based assessments correlate, and what factors impact the perceived function of people who wear an upper limb prosthesis.
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