Author: Terense Kemp

Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics has announced Stephanie Morgan Greene, Esq., has been named the company’s executive director of compliance and Ramen Landon, a board of directors-eligible prosthetist and resident orthotist, will join the patient care team. According to a press…

The Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities Foundation and its First Clinics initiative have been awarded the 2017 United States Tennis Association Wheelchair Tennis Grant, according to a press release. The grant is worth $5,000. According to the release, the Orthotic and…

The Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities Foundation has announced its new board members and officers for the 2017 fiscal year, according to a press release.  JoAnne Kanas, CPO, DPT, and Vibhor Agrawal, PhD, ATP, will join the board of directors. Kanas…

PathMaker Neurosystems Inc. has announced the establishment of a relationship with the Brain and Spine Institute, or Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, to conduct clinical trials needed to obtain CE mark clearance for PathMaker’s MyoRegulator, a device…

The University of Central Oklahoma announced it will expand its Endeavor Games with the addition of a new event, according to a press release. In partnership with Turnstone, a nonprofit organization that provides therapeutic, educational, wellness and recreational programs to…

The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium, based out of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has announced seed grants of $50,000 each to three companies to develop medical devices for children. One of these companies is Myomo Inc. According to a…

After the publication this week of a proposed rule from CMS that would specify the requirements and qualifications needed for O&P practitioners and suppliers, the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics have praised the announcement, calling it…

Össur has completed the full integration of Medi Prosthetics, which it acquired September 2016, according to a press release. The full acquisition was completed as of Jan. 1. Medi Prosthetics, based in Bayreuth, Germany, is a global provider of mechanical,…

Infinite Biomedical Technologies has announced the release of a wireless controller technology that can allow upper limb amputees to control grip modes with radio frequency identification. According to a press release, the morph2 controller uses high-frequency radio frequency identification (RFID)…

Access to health care can contribute to social cohesion in a community, while the lack of it can have the opposite effect, according to research published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. The study, “Beyond health effects? Examining…