Össur has announced the launch of its Rebound Cartilage, the first orthosis designed to provide unicompartmental load reduction and range of movement restriction after an articular cartilage defect procedure. The orthosis is designed to offload repaired cartilage while helping patients…
Month: March 2014
HHS releases security risk assessment tool for health care providers
The Department of Health and Human Services released a new security risk assessment tool to help small to medium sized health care provider offices conduct risk assessments of their organizations. The security risk assessment (SRA) tool is the result of…
Advocacy groups mobilize for Limb Loss Awareness Month
The Amputee Coalition and the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) are holding events in April to promote Limb Loss Awareness Month. Amputee support groups across the country are holding walk/run/roll events in their communities to benefit the Amputee Coalition’s…
Cedars-Sinai, US military design more efficient operating room
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and the US military have partnered to design an operating room that will enable emergency medical teams to respond more quickly and effectively to patients with life-threatening injuries. Physicians from Cedars-Sinai and military hospitals from…
Registration deadline nears for Design of Medical Devices Conference
Online registration for the 2014 Design of Medical Devices Conference ends at midnight CST on March 31. The conference is being held from April 7-10 at The Commons Hotel & McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis. The conference consists of 4…
Viscous fluid in bone absorbs shock, allows flexibility
A new study found that chemical citrate, merged with water, creates a viscous fluid between the nano-scale crystals of bone that acts as a shock absorber, allowing more flexibility within the bone. Using a combination of NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction,…
Viscous fluid in bone absorbs shock, allows flexibility
A new study found that chemical citrate, merged with water, creates a viscous fluid between the nano-scale crystals of bone that acts as a shock absorber, allowing more flexibility within the bone. Using a combination of NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction,…
Low back pain accounts for one-third of work-related disabilities
Low back pain linked to workplace factors accounted for one-third of all work-related disabilities, according to recently published study results. Researchers determined estimates of relative risk from a meta-analysis of relevant published literature, as part of the Global Burden of…
Amputee Coalition names new board of directors members
The Amputee Coalition has appointed Jack Richmond and David S. Sanders to its board of directors for 3-year terms. “Each one provides diverse perspectives and experiences…and their work in philanthropy will enhance our efforts to serve the community,” Sue Stout,…
Deadline nears for NUPOC survey of farmer, rancher amputees
The Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center (NUPOC), in partnership with the National AgrAbility Project, is conducting a survey of farmers, ranchers, agricultural workers and livestock handlers who have limb amputations to determine how prosthetic components used — or rejected — by…