Hanger Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results
Orthotics and prosthetics provider Hanger Inc announces its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022.
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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.
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Blackrock Neurotech and Phantom Neuro Partner to Enable Prosthetics and Exoskeletons That Mimic Human Movement in Real Time
Blackrock Neurotech will become a partner in research and development for Phantom Neuro's patent-pending Phantom X system, they announce.
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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Amarillo VA Celebrates New Prosthetic and Rehabilitation Wing
Amarillo VA held a ribbon cutting ceremony recently to celebrate the newest addition to the Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center with a 12,139 -square-foot Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic, VAntage Point reports.
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Forbes Names Hanger One of America’s Best Employers for Second Consecutive Year
Hanger Inc, a provider of outcomes-based orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) patient care services and solutions, celebrates being named one of America’s Best Midsized Employers by Forbes.
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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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Myomo Announces MyoPro 2+
Myomo Inc announces the availability of MyoPro 2+, an enhanced version of its popular MyoPro powered brace.
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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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Össur’s EMPOWER Program Achieves Renewed HITRUST CSF Certification Status
Össur announces that its Empower by Össur program has earned renewed Certified status for information security by HITRUST.
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