Month: October 2015

O&P supplier Click Medical Inc. recently announced it has merged with RevoLimb, a supplier of adjustable prosthetic sockets. The merged company will be called Click Medical Inc. According to a post on the Click Medical website, the merged company will…

Shriners Hospitals for Children – Northern California, located in Sacramento, Calif., recently installed a computer-aided design and manufacturing system in their orthotics and prosthetics lab. According to a press release, the new system includes a camera, scanner, computer-modification software and…

Shriners Hospitals for Children – Northern California, located in Sacramento, Calif., recently installed a computer-aided design and manufacturing system in their orthotics and prosthetics lab. According to a press release, the new system includes a camera, scanner, computer-modification software and…

SAN ANTONIO — Rick Fleetwood, MPA, CEO of Snell Prosthetic & Orthotic Laboratory in Little Rock, Ark., said adaption to change is important for O&P practitioners to succeed against current challenges.

SAN DIEGO — Joseph Brunia, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and transtibial amputee talks about the way Operation Rebound and other events and programs hosted by the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) have impacted his life.

Kingetics LLC recently announced it received the Design Award for Most Creative Application of Advanced Composite Materials at the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo, hosted by the American Composite Manufacturing Association and the Society for the Advancement of Material and…

Jami Marseilles recently became the first bilateral amputee woman to complete a marathon. According to a press release from Össur, for which Marseilles is an ambassador, Marseilles ran the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct. 12 in 6 hours…

Iowa-based American Prosthetics & Orthotics announced it recently hosted Rep. David Young (R-Iowa). Young toured the facility and discussed the proposed Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Lower Limb Prosthetics and other reimbursement issues with Nick Ackerman, CP, LP, director of…

SAN ANTONIO — Mike Sotak, president and CEO of PEL LLC, talks about using partnerships to ensure a voice for O&P in health care decisions.

SAN ANTONIO — Mike Sotak, president and CEO of PEL LLC, talks about using partnerships to ensure a voice for O&P in health care decisions.