O&P Companies, Advocates Gather to Support Texas Bills to Improve Access to Care
O&P companies and advocates in Texas are supporting key state bills to expand Medicaid coverage and improve access to orthotics and prosthetics.
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Study: Garment Improves Gait in Patients with Foot Drop, MS
The real-world study evaluated the impact of this approach to address neuromuscular walking challenges associated with foot drop.
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WillowWood Global Partners With Reboocon Bionics
WillowWood Global has formed a strategic alliance with Reboocon Bionics, makers of the Intuy Knee motorized prosthetic knee.
Engineers Light the Way to Nerve-Operated Prosthetics of the Future
A new way to measure neural activity using light could lead to a reimagining of medical technologies like nerve-operated prosthetics.
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Robotic Sensors Could Help Transform Prosthetics
A pioneering project to develop advanced sensors for use in robotic systems could transform prosthetics and robotic limbs.
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Prosthetics Manufacturer WillowWood Global Acquires MAKstride
WillowWood Global LLC, a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of prosthetic products, announces it has acquired MAKstride Prosthetics.
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Microfluidic-Based Soft Robotic Prosthesis Promises Relief for Diabetic Amputees
In Biomicrofluidics, Canadian scientists reveal their development of a new type of prosthesis using microfluidics-enabled soft robotics.
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Trexo Lets Children with Disabilities Take a Walk Around the World
Trexo robotic legs gave a group of children with disabilities who had never taken a step, the opportunity to collectively take 20 million steps.
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Xtremity Aims to Bring Xtremity BB Prosthetic Socket to Market
Xtremity secures $8.1M in Series B3 funding to help bring its first product, the XtremityTT transtibial prosthetic socket, to market.
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Breath-Driven Hand Prosthesis: A New Concept
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a revolutionary new hand prosthesis powered and controlled by the user’s breathing.
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Unlimited Tomorrow and Singularity Group Launch $1M Fundraising Initiative to Bring Free Bionic Limbs to Ukraine Victims
Unlimited Tomorrow and The Singularity Group launch initiative to create and deliver prosthetics to 100 amputee victims of the war in Ukraine.
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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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University of Minnesota Technology Allows Amputees to Control a Robotic Arm with Their Mind
Researchers have developed a technology that allows amputees to move a robotic arm using their brain signals instead of their muscles.
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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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Investment Firm Acquires Hanger Inc
Hanger Inc has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Patient Square Capital, a dedicated health care investment firm.
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Robotic Arms Connected Directly to Brain of Partially Paralyzed Man Allows Him to Feed Himself
Researchers demonstrate a “shared control strategy’” that creates a human-robot team for controlling robotic arms more efficiently.
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Elevate Dynamics’ FreeFlow and Glide AFO Products Achieve Preferred Distribution Status
Two Ankle Foot Orthosis products from Elevate Dynamics have been accepted into Hanger Inc’s Score distribution program.
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The Sixth Finger: How Our Brain Takes to Additional Independent Body Parts
Researchers tested for how well a robotic “sixth finger” that can be operated independently of any other limbs was perceived as a body part.
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