The Wounded Warrior Project has served more than 400 seriously injured service members/veterans and their caregivers through the Independence Program. The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP)’s Independence Program works with wounded warriors who rely on their family members and caregivers due…
Year: 2015
NAAOP reports successful meeting with CMS officials on LCD proposal
Stakeholders in the amputee community met with CMS officials following the DME LCD Open Comment Meeting, held Aug. 26 in Linthicum, Md. The private meeting was held in the office of the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in…
Ottobock announces Activity and Sports Medicine business unit
Ottobock has announced the creation of the Activity & Sports Medicine business unit, which includes products such as off-the-shelf orthotics, bracing and supports. The Activity & Sports Medicine (ASM) portfolio encompasses products from the acquisitions of Ortho Rehab, Bio Cybernetics…
Ottobock announces Activity and Sports Medicine business unit
Ottobock has announced the creation of the Activity & Sports Medicine business unit, which includes products such as off-the-shelf orthotics, bracing and supports. The Activity & Sports Medicine (ASM) portfolio encompasses products from the acquisitions of Ortho Rehab, Bio Cybernetics…
Smokers More Likely to Develop Wound Complications After TJA
Recently published data indicated there was an increased chance for current smokers to have wound complications following total hip or total knee arthroplasty and the data showed there was a greater total complication risk in current and former smokers who…
Limb loss community speaks out against LCD proposal at open comment meeting
LINTHICUM, Md. — Impassioned amputees, prosthetists and other members of the limb loss community shared their concerns during the DME LCD Open Comment Meeting. Hosted by the four Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs), the meeting allowed members of the…
Limb loss community speaks out against LCD proposal at open comment meeting
LINTHICUM, Md. — Impassioned amputees, prosthetists and other members of the limb loss community shared their concerns during the DME LCD Open Comment Meeting. Hosted by the four Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs), the meeting allowed members of the…
New interface controls exoskeleton through brain signals
Researchers at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea and Technical University of Berlin in Germany have created a brain-computer interface for a lower limb exoskeleton that decodes signals from the user’s brain for the user to move forward, turn side…
ReWalk founder, president to retire
ReWalk Robotics, a wearable exoskeleton manufacturer, recently announced its founder, president and chief technology officer, Amit Goffer, PhD, will retire effective Nov. 18. Goffer founded ReWalk in 2001, following an all-terrain vehicle accident that rendered him a quadriplegic. He served…
ReWalk founder, president to retire
ReWalk Robotics, a wearable exoskeleton manufacturer, recently announced its founder, president and chief technology officer, Amit Goffer, PhD, will retire effective Nov. 18. Goffer founded ReWalk in 2001, following an all-terrain vehicle accident that rendered him a quadriplegic. He served…