Month: July 2015

DEKA Innovative Solutions Corp. was recently awarded a contract for the design, development, manufacture and delivery of sensitized prosthetic arms. The $6,977,028 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Hand Proprioception & Touch Interfaces (HAPTIX)…

Students at Kansas State University are giving prostheses a new look with bio-augmented, 3-D printed “skins,” or prosthetic covers, according to a recent press release. For a university project, groups of students interviewed patients with limb loss to gauge their…

Adults with diabetic foot ulcers who consulted with clinicians by telephone or email experienced similar outcomes when compared with adults with diabetic foot ulcers monitored in an outpatient clinic setting, according to research in Diabetes Care. In a study of…

Researchers led by a team at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm have found hope for chronic wounds through the use of microRNAs to regulate skin wound healing, according to a press release. MicroRNAs, or miRNAs, are short pieces of genetic…

Researchers led by a team at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm have found hope for chronic wounds through the use of microRNAs to regulate skin wound healing, according to a press release. MicroRNAs, or miRNAs, are short pieces of genetic…

Myomo has announced a partnership with YoungStroke, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed to address the needs of young adult stroke survivors and their caregivers. According to a recent press release, Myomo will help expand awareness of YoungStroke’s education and advocacy…

Myomo has announced a partnership with YoungStroke, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed to address the needs of young adult stroke survivors and their caregivers. According to a recent press release, Myomo will help expand awareness of YoungStroke’s education and advocacy…

The Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities Foundation recently hosted First Climb and First Volley clinics for Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. The First Climb clinic, which was directed by Ronnie Dickson, CP, included more than 20 children with physical disabilities…

Hanger recently announced the solicitation of consents from holders of its $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount 7⅛% Senior Notes due 2018. Hanger will amend and waive certain provisions of the indenture pursuant to which the notes were issued, according to a…

The OPIE Choice Network and WillowWood recently announced they have formed a partnership. WillowWood will serve as a preferred, non-exclusive provider of liners under a contract award for the OPIE Choice Network’s Group Purchasing Organization (GPO). The partnership makes WillowWood…