Month: November 2011

The Sensors, Energy and Automation Laboratory of the University of Washington, in collaboration with the US Department of Veterans Affairs, has developed a prototype Fringing Field Sensor Array (FFSA). “An improved version of the previously developed Fringing Field Plantar Array,…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently awarded nearly $220 million in affordable insurance exchange grants to 13 states. According to a press release, this gives these states more flexibility and resources to implement the Affordable Care Act.…

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to allow evaluation of a high frequency electrical technology to treat residual limb pain in amputees. Neuros Medical, Inc., a medical device company based in Cleveland, Ohio,…

    Peter Thomas The Orthotic and Prosthetic Alliance (O&P Alliance) recently announced that the Board of Certification/Accreditation, International (BOC) has accepted its invitation to become a member of the coalition. The invitation, issued after a unanimous vote of the…

The failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reach a compromise on a budget package to reduce the nation’s deficit by $1.2 trillion will trigger across-the-board spending cuts beginning in 2013. The sequestration enforcement will cut both…

OPAF and The First Clinics hosted a First Volley Adaptive Tennis Clinic for amputees and physically challenged patients at the Shriners Hospitals for Children–Northern California. According to a hospital press release, OPAF, supported in part by a grant from the…

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care reported an increase in the use of retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other retail settings over a 2-year period. Researchers from the RAND Corporation collected data from…

    Peter Thomas The failure of the Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to create a plan to reduce the federal deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years will have direct and immediate effects on the…

Results from a phase 2 clinical trial suggest a multicellular therapy for the treatment of critical limb ischemia in patients with no revascularization options reduces the risk of disease progression in those patients. The results were presented by William Marston,…

Beth Darnall, PhD, an expert on treating phantom limb pain using mirror therapy in amputees, will present three free workshops to health care providers and aid workers in three cities in Vietnam from Nov. 26 through Dec. 3. Darnall, from…