Month: August 2017

Members of Team Össur and the Össur ambassadors won 15 medals at the World Para Athletics Championships in London. Three team Össur members were multiple medalists, according to a company press release. They included Richard Whitehead of Great Britain, who…

The Helping Hand Project at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has received a grant from the VWR Foundation to help purchase equipment and supplies to print and assemble prosthetic devices, according to a press release. “With the support…

Alexander Schwartz, of St. Louis, is the winner of Össur’s 2017 #MyWinningMoment contest. Schwartz is a bilateral amputee who was born with fibular hemimelia. According to a company press release, Schwartz’s winning moment came when he embraced his adversity. He…

A publication released in July by the Medicare administrative contractor for durable medical equipment, which clarified the use of billing code A5513 for custom diabetic inserts, has spurred a coding redetermination that will end all previous A5513 verifications by the…

A soft suit exoskeleton aided more normal walking ability for ambulatory patients following a stroke, according to results published in the Journal of Science Translational Medicine. Researchers at Boston University and Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering studied…

A noncontact, diffuse correlation spectroscopy device provided objective information about the viability of mastectomy skin flaps, which can allow surgeons to identify compromised and ischemic flaps early, and potentially save these structures, according to researchers from the University of Kentucky.…

Bionik Laboratories Corp. has announced the integration of Amazon’s Echo technology, as well as the “Alexa” voice command service, into its ARKE lower-body exoskeleton. According to a Bionik press release, users of the ARKE device will be able to activate…

Isolated training with a robotic ankle device can improve walking speed and balance in patients who had a stroke, depending on the initial severity, according to researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. The study, “Intensive seated robotic training…

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago was named the best hospital for rehabilitation by U.S. News and World Report in its annual ranking of medical centers across the country. Formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab has been ranked…

Side curtain airbags in vehicles offer significant protection from partial ejections during certain types of car crashes, according to a press release from the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Washington. The study, “Severe soft tissue…