Year: 2017

Silipos, a developer of gel technologies and products., has announced the U.K.-based Algeos will act as its exclusive distributor in the podiatry, physiotherapy and orthotics markets in the United Kingdom and Ireland. According to a press release, Algeos will stock…

CHICAGO —Betsy K. Harcz, a career navigator for Baker College of Flint’s orthotic and prosthetic technology program, said she loves O&P because it combines two of her passions: helping people and the opportunity to work with her hands. “The opportunity…

CHICAGO —Scott Viglianti, president of WBC Industries, said he gains satisfaction from improving patients’ lives. “I love O&P, [and] with my products, I am able to see what I can do to help people’s lives,” Viglianti said at the American…

CHICAGO — At the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, Dennis Plew, CO, of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, said he loves O&P for the process of creating devices and improving patient…

Friddle’s Orthopedic Appliances Inc. announced it has entered a distribution agreement with Extremiti 3D, according to a press release. Friddle’s will distribute Extremiti 3D’s line of transtibial and transfemoral check and definitive sockets and protective covers to O&P clinics, government…

CHICAGO —Brad Watson, BOCO, BOCP, LPO, owner of Clarksville Limb + Brace + Rehab, said he loves O&P because it allows him and other clinicians to explore their artistic side. “What I love about O&P is the fact that it…

The Board of Certification/Accreditation will move to a larger headquarters effective June 6, according to a press release. The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) will transition from its current 3,600-square-foot space located in Owings Mills, Md., to a 5,183-square-foot facility in…

Ottobock Healthcare is now distributing the bebionic hand, which the company has characterized as “one of the most lifelike and easy-to-use multi-articulating prosthetic hands available,” following its acquisition of bebionic products from the British medical technology company Steeper, according to…

CGS Administrators LLC, the durable medical equipment Medicare administrative contractor for jurisdiction C, has announced a widespread prepayment review for a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System code used for microprocessor knees and other devices, according to the American Orthotic and…

CHICAGO — Jeffry G. Kingsley, owner of Kingsley Manufacturing, said O&P and the opportunity to serve patients, has given him a rewarding career and life. “It is one of those things where you talk to someone on an airplane, and…