Written by Otto Bock HealthCare
Tuesday, July 05, 2011 7:52:34 AM
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Otto Bock HealthCare announces a new version of the C-Leg® microprocessor-controlled knee, adding improved swing phase control, enhanced stumble recovery, a higher weight limit of 300 lbs., and increased...
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Written by Otto Bock HealthCare
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:16:08 AM
June 14, 2011, Minneapolis, Minn. Today, Otto Bock HealthCare announces the launch of the Genium™ Bionic Prosthetic System. This one-of-a-kind prosthetic knee utilizes sophisticated software to turn multiple environmental inputs (a complex...
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Written by Orthocare Innovations
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:58:34 PM
Oklahoma City, OK, September 30, 2010—Orthocare Innovations has been honored with the 2010 da Vinci Award, an international award that spotlights the world’s most innovative technologies for people with disabilities. Orthocare received the award...
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Written by Aaron Saenz
Wednesday, August 04, 2010 8:14:31 AM
If you want the epitome of cool cybernetics, it doesn’t get much better than a monkey waving around a robot arm. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have placed two neural implants in the brain of a macaque, allowing it to control a...
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Written by P. Campbell
Wednesday, August 04, 2010 7:43:59 AM
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract for up to $34.5 million to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., to manage the development and testing of the Modular Prosthetic...
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Written by Otto Bock HealthCare
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:43:07 AM
Developed by Otto Bock HealthCare in conjunction with Mayo Clinic, the Sensor Walk knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) is designed to improve quality of life for patients by making it easier and more secure to walk when the patient exhibits knee ...
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Written by Sheldon Scruggs - Times Herald-Record
Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:21:15 AM
People tend to take a lot of things for granted.
For instance, take our hands. Every day, without thinking about it, we use them to grasp all kinds of objects. But suppose you didn't have an opposable thumb or were missing one or more fingers?...
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Written by Otto Bock
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 6:55:30 AM
A devastating diagnosis of bone cancer meant a less than happy beginning to 2009 for 52-year old Karl Wideman of Negaunee.
“I was told in February that I had osteosarcoma which is plenty to have to deal with on its own,” says Karl. “But...
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Written by Judy Peck, PTA, CBIS
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:45:45 AM
Vol. 20 • Issue 23 • Page 14
More than 200,000 people have a stroke each year, and millions more have multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury and other conditions that impact the nervous system. The...
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Written by Bioness Inc.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:02:35 AM
Imagine technology so advanced that it may help stroke and other neurological patients regain lost mobility and achieve greater independence than they believed to be possible. This highly sophisticated technology is now a reality....
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