Year: 2017

The U.S. Senate bill to replace the Affordable Care Act would eliminate essential health benefits, including rehabilitative services, in Medicare expansion states and is cause for “great concern,” according to Peter Thomas, JD, general counsel for the National Association for…

Harold H. Sears, PhD, will retire from his position of president of Motion Control Inc. effective July 1, according a press release from Fillauer Companies Inc., the business’ parent company. Sears will continue working with Motion Control on a part-time…

Shell-and-mortar fireworks, which include sphere-shaped aerial explosives designed to be manually thrown or launched from a tube, were responsible for nearly 40% of fireworks-related injuries resulting in hospitalization, according to a study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.…

The Dralla Foundation has announced the Adaptive Sports Foundation, Catalyst Sports, Common Ground Outdoor Adventures, Jett Foundation, Kinetic Kids, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab and World T.E.A.M. Sports as its 2017 grant recipients. According to a press release, the foundation’s grants…

Create Orthotics and Prosthetics has developed a new software platform that uses virtual reality and 3-D printing to allow clinicians to design, print and test fit a prosthesis in less than 3 hours, according to a press release. According to…

Researchers have developed a 3-D printed patch, infused with cells, that can help grow health blood vessels, according to a press release. In an article published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the researchers said the patch fosters the growth of new…

Endolite has won the 2017 Medical Design Excellence award for its Linx technology, a fully integrated, microprocessor-controlled lower limb system for above-knee amputees, according to a press release. In a ceremony at the Jacob K. Javits Center, the company was…

The Australian National Member Society of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics announced its 2017 research grant application process for 2018 funding is open. According to a press release, the Australian National Member Society of the International Society for…

An Administrative Law judge in Tallahassee, Fla., has ruled that Florida Blue Cross Blue Shield must cover an exoskeleton system developed by ReWalk for a patient with a spinal cord injury, according to a press release. “The recent Florida ruling…

Friedbert Kohler, MD, director of medical services at Braeside Hospital and the clinical director of Aged Care and Rehabilitation for South Western Sydney Local Health District in Australia, has been appointed president of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics,…