Written by Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
Friday, November 5, 2010 10:42:13 AM
Dan Horkey, Founder of Global Tattoo Orthotic Prosthetic Innovations (GTOPI) in Port Orchard, recently completed a biomechanical design empowering young child, Maddox, from Denver, Colo.
Five year old Maddox, wears an assistive knee ankle foot...
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Written by Otto Bock HealthCare
Thursday, October 28, 2010 11:53:09 AM
13-year old credits the men and women of the U.S. military
as her inspiration
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Cali Overcast of Fountain, Colorado, was only four years old when the 9/11 terrorist attacks took place, but she’s never forgotten the impact it...
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Written by Andres Velasquez
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:34:44 AM
Canadian violinist Adrian Anantawan has established himself as one of the most dynamic young musicians of his generation. Born of Thai-Chinese ethnicity, Anantawan began the violin at nine, and first toured with the National Youth Orchestra of...
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Written by Andres Velasquez
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:50:45 AM
If you were to find yourself staring at the art work of A. Erich Stegmann, Peter Longstaff, Michael Monaco, Simon Mark Smith, and Matt Sesow; I would say that the odds of you guessing that these artists have experienced
limb loss...
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Written by Eric Wilkinson - King5 News
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:58:27 AM
BELLEVUE, Wash. - Tim Harrison lost his leg to cancer 10 years ago. Since then he's been outfitted with what he calls his "robo leg," which inevitably draws stares, especially from curious kids.
Video: Port Orchard man creates tattoos for ...
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Written by Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
Monday, October 26, 2009 7:03:34 AM
Dan Horkey has a dream: launch a successful small business in Kitsap County, complete with its own facility and in-house staff, to manufacture orthotic “tattoos.”
Horkey’s well on his way, even if on a smaller scale — since last year, his ...
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Written by Rachel Pritchett
Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:48:53 PM
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. – Prosthetic-tattoo entrepreneur Dan Horkey believes he’s a step ahead of the competition.
“I’m the original,” said Horkey, who just started a business to turn clients’ artificial legs and arms into pieces of customized art....
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Written by Jennifer Latham Robinson
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:13:13 PM
Many of us remember the 1994 blockbuster film Forrest Gump, and the intense performance by Gary Sinise as Lieutenant Dang, a bilateral lower
limb amputee. Regardless of how impressive Sinise’s performance was, there was one...
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Written by aaos.org
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:15:06 AM
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) was founded in 1993 and is the top international provider of education to orthopaedic surgeons, offering continued education activities, CME courses, medical publications and...
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