The Board of Certification/Accreditation, International (BOC) released additional details regarding upcoming changes to the educational and experiential prerequisites for its orthotist and prosthetist certifications, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2013. The new prerequisites include an education from a…
Year: 2012
William Demant Invest makes offer for Össur
William Demant Invest (WDI), an investment company based in Denmark, announced that it made a voluntary public offer for shares in Össur for technical reasons but that it has no intention of taking over Össur, according to a company press…
Snell Prosthetic & Orthotic awarded Arkansas Business of the Year
Snell Prosthetic & Orthotic Laboratory was recently recognized as the 2012 Arkansas Business of the Year, and its chief executive officer, Rick Fleetwood, received at the 2012 Arkansas Business Executive of the Year award. Snell Prosthetic & Orthotic, which celebrated…
Next Step Orthotics & Prosthetics receives ABC accreditation
Next Step Orthotics & Prosthetics, Inc. has received accreditation from the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics. Next Step is a privately held, practitioner-owned and operated company with offices in Manchester, N.H., Warwick, R.I. and Newtown, Mass.…
IDSA releases new guidelines for diabetic foot infections
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) released new guidelines suggesting how to improve proper care of diabetic foot infections and reduce amputations. Diabetic complications are a leading cause of lower extremity amputations, and about 50% of people who have…
Hanger CEO Thomas F. Kirk announces retirement
Thomas F. Kirk, chief executive officer with Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. announced his retirement effective Dec. 31. Kirk has been with Hanger for 10 years. Thomas F. Kirk Kirk joined Hanger in January 2002 as president and chief…
Össur and CAF host amputee running clinic
PHILADELPHIA — Össur and the Challenged Athletes Foundation are partnering to host leg amputee running and mobility clinics, with the most recent clinic occurring at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on Saturday, May 19. Amputees of all ages and…
Paralyzed patients control robotic arm using brain activity
Two tetraplegic participants successfully performed reaching and grasping tasks using a robotic arm controlled directly through neural activity, according to a study recently published in Nature. The participants, a 58-year-old woman and a 66-year-old man who were both paralyzed in…
ABC will sponsor first Technical Fabrication Contest
The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics, Inc. announced that it will sponsor the first Technical Fabrication Contest, a competition to create transtibial swim prostheses. The entries will be displayed and judged at the American Orthotic &…
Study shows workplace inspections reduce injury save money
A recent study published in Science reports that workplace inspections reduce job-related injuries and their associated costs with minimal harm to companies’ performance and profits. The researchers examined mandated randomized workplace safety inspections conducted by California’s Division of Occupational Safety…