Bracing/Prosthetics
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Bracing/Prosthetics | Quality, Recalls & Risk | Regulatory & Legal | Software & Quality | Supplier & Contract Mfg.
PLM Software Offers a Step Forward in Prosthetics Development
BionX meets time-to-market, compliance, and efficiency goals to produce the world’s only active prosthetic foot.Online Exclusives Alaine Portnoy, Senior Marketing Manager, Omnify Software 09.06.17
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Bracing/Prosthetics | Extremities | Instruments | Large Joint | Materials | Spine/Neurology
3D Metal Printing Opportunities in Orthopedic Device Manufacturing
Technology contributes to the ushering in of personalized implants and devices.Online Exclusives Ed Potoczak, Director of Industry Relations, IQMS 09.01.17
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Breaking News | Bracing/Prosthetics | MIS/Robotics | Spine/Neurology
Wearable Robotic Exoskeletons Improve Walking for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Improvements in walking posture were equivalent to outcomes reported from invasive orthopedic surgery.Northern Arizona University 08.24.17
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Biologics | Bracing/Prosthetics | Extremities | Imaging | Instruments | Large Joint | OEM News | Spine/Neurology | Trauma/Sports
Top 10 Global Orthopedic Device Firms
This year’s Top 10 company report illuminated a number of trends within the orthopedic market.Sean Fenske, Editor; Michael Barbella, Managing Editor; Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 08.15.17
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Biologics | Bracing/Prosthetics | Extremities | Spine/Neurology
Rising Stars: Emerging Orthopedic Device Companies
Smaller firms that offer solutions for a variety of clinical orthopedic applications could generate significant attention.Sean Fenske, Michael Barbella, and Sam Brusco 08.15.17
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Breaking News | Bracing/Prosthetics | International | People
Exoskeleton Allows Disabled Man to Finish a 10K
Skin-type motorized device that allows patients with musculoskeletal diseases, such as myositis, to regain their autonomy.Myositis Association 08.11.17
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Bracing/Prosthetics | MIS/Robotics
Powered Exoskeletons: What Are We Waiting For?
Challenges, impending breakthroughs, and how the automobile can help to predict the future.Online Exclusives Nigel Syrotuck, Mechanical Engineer, StarFish Medical 08.10.17
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Bracing/Prosthetics | MIS/Robotics | OEM News | Software & Quality
Bionik Labs Integrates Amazon Echo into ARKE Exoskeleton
"Alexa, let's walk to the kitchen."PR Newswire 08.08.17
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Bracing/Prosthetics
Smart Underwear Prevents Back Stress with Just a Double Tap
Design combines the science of biomechanics and advances in wearable tech to create a smart, mechanized undergarment.Videos Vanderbilt University 08.02.17
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Bracing/Prosthetics | Spine/Neurology
Smartphone-Based Biofeedback System Improves Parkinson's Patients' Balance
Wearable balance system developed at UH aims to lessen risk of falling.Videos University of Houston 08.01.17
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Breaking News | Bracing/Prosthetics | Device Approvals & Patents | International | MIS/Robotics | OEM News
Myomo Obtains CE Mark for MyoPro Powered Brace
The MyoPro powered brace allows individuals suffering from paralysis or stroke to perform routine daily activities.Business Wire 07.31.17
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Bracing/Prosthetics
Post-Stroke Patients Reach Terra Firma with Wyss Institute’s Exosuit Technology
A soft wearable robotic suit promotes normal walking in stroke patients, opening new approaches to gait re-training.Videos Benjamin Boettner, Wyss Institute 07.27.17
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Breaking News | Bracing/Prosthetics | MIS/Robotics | OEM News | People
Myomo Expands Management Team
The expansion marks the company’s accelerated commercialization of its MyoPro line of powered orthoses.Business Wire 07.25.17
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Breaking News | Bracing/Prosthetics | Large Joint | Materials
Antibiotic-Releasing Polymer Could Eradicate Joint Implant Infection
Mass. General-developed implant material could speed, simplify treatment, and reduce complication risk.Massachusetts General Hospital 07.19.17
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Breaking News | Bracing/Prosthetics
Prosthetic Knee Type May Determine Amputees' Cost of Care
Of the 185,000 new amputee patients each year, only 25-30 percent receive a prosthetic leg and knee.Mayo Clinic 07.12.17
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Breaking News | Bracing/Prosthetics | MIS/Robotics
Amputee Veterans Receive First Mobius Bionics LUKE Arms
The LUKE arm was developed by DEKA Research & Development Corp. with funding from DARPA.Business Wire 07.06.17
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Biologics | Bracing/Prosthetics | Extremities | Imaging | Instruments | Large Joint | MIS/Robotics | Packaging & Sterilization | Spine/Neurology | Supplier & Contract Mfg. | Supply Chain | Trauma/Sports
Implant Forward Thinking into Supply Chains
New technologies enable orthopedic device manufacturers to maintain a more efficient system.Online Exclusives Josh Cannon, Director of Global Healthcare Strategy, UPS 06.30.17
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Bracing/Prosthetics | MIS/Robotics | Molding
Impact Resistant Fingers for Prosthetic Hands
Controlled by the user's electrocardiography, the electric-powered hands can pinch, key, and power grasp.Videos University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 06.28.17
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Bracing/Prosthetics | Design | Extremities | Instruments | Instruments, Cases & Trays | Large Joint | Research & Development | Spine/Neurology
3D Printing Orthopedic Surgeons’ Invention Ideas
Clinicians can use the process to develop metal-based technologies that enhance surgical procedures.Online Exclusives Jody Stallings, Industrial Creations 06.28.17
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Breaking News | Bracing/Prosthetics | Financial & Deals | MIS/Robotics | OEM News
Bionik & Wistron to Build Exoskeletons for Home Market
Joint development project pairs expertise to produce low-price, lower-body assistive robotic products for consumer market.PR Newswire 06.27.17
