Month: June 2015

Grad student engineers exoskeleton to help himself, others walk again.

In this issue, O&P News poses five questions to Greg Mattson, CTPO, CPA. Mattson is president and CEO of Fabtech Systems LLC, an orthotic and prosthetic central fabricator and product manufacturing distributor located in Everett, Wash. Mattson has been actively…

A multi-year study, aiming to allow those with paralysis remotely control a robot using their thoughts, has produced positive results, according to data recently published in Proceedings of the IEEE. A team of researchers at the Defitech Foundation Chair in…

A multi-year study, aiming to allow those with paralysis remotely control a robot using their thoughts, has produced positive results, according to data recently published in Proceedings of the IEEE. A team of researchers at the Defitech Foundation Chair in…

While studying the brains of people with paralysis, researchers at Stanford University have discovered that groups of neurons work together and fire in complex rhythms to send movement signals to muscles. “We hope to apply these findings to create prosthetic…

While studying the brains of people with paralysis, researchers at Stanford University have discovered that groups of neurons work together and fire in complex rhythms to send movement signals to muscles. “We hope to apply these findings to create prosthetic…

OPIE Software, of Gainesville, Fla, and PEL LLC, of Cleveland, announced that PEL has become an integrated supplier within the OPIE Purchasing & Inventory System. Through the partnership, OPIE and Futura Software users, as well as visitors to the OPIE…

OPIE Software, of Gainesville, Fla, and PEL LLC, of Cleveland, announced that PEL has become an integrated supplier within the OPIE Purchasing & Inventory System. Through the partnership, OPIE and Futura Software users, as well as visitors to the OPIE…

More than 2.5 million Americans are affected by pressure ulcers each year, and patients with spinal cord injuries have an increased vulnerability to ulcers. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have created a computational model to enhance…

More than 2.5 million Americans are affected by pressure ulcers each year, and patients with spinal cord injuries have an increased vulnerability to ulcers. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have created a computational model to enhance…