Month: October 2014

Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc., a robotic exoskeleton company, announced the promotion of Thomas Looby, MBA, to president and chief commercial officer. The company has also hired Niel McCaffrey as its vice president of Engineering, Medical. Thomas Looby Looby will be…

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working to develop a sensor that will show how a prosthetic limb changes throughout the day, along with a system that automatically accommodates those changes. Led by researcher Jason Wheeler, PhD, the Intelligent Systems,…

After hospital discharge to a skilled nursing facility, better performance on various measures of quality of care was not consistently associated with a lower risk of hospital readmission or death at 30 days among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries, according to recently…

The Amputee Coalition Board of Directors announced it has appointed Susan Stout as president and CEO of the organization effective Nov. 1.  Susan Stout Stout joined the Amputee Coalition in 2011 and has held several positions in the organization, including…

The Amputee Coalition Board of Directors announced it has appointed Susan Stout as president and CEO of the organization effective Nov. 1.  Susan Stout Stout joined the Amputee Coalition in 2011 and has held several positions in the organization, including…

Among veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, treatment with a single stellate ganglion block could help alleviate anxiety, depression and psychological pain rapidly and for long-term use, according to results presented at the American Society for Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Researchers performed…

The Challenged Athletes Foundation’s Annual Mazda Foundation Million Dollar Challenge kicked off on Oct. 11, leading more than 100 cyclists, including celebrities, professional athletes and eight athletes with physical challenges on the 7-day, 620-mile ride down the California coastline. Each…

Daniel Ignaszewski, director of government relations and development for the Amputee Coalition, discusses the impact – both positive and negative – of the Affordable Care Act on amputees.

A novel osseointegrated implant system may allow amputees to control a prosthesis using their minds, according to research recently published in the Science Translational Medicine Journal. “We have used osseointegration to create a long-term stable fusion between man and machine,”…

Researchers with the University of Texas at Arlington have been awarded a $744,300 grant from the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Orthapaedic Research Program to create an adaptive interface that fits between a prosthesis and a patient’s limb to improve…