Bracing/Prosthetics
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Bracing/Prosthetics | Extremities | Large Joint | Materials
A 3D Printed Flexible Mesh for Ankle and Knee Braces
Techniques could lead to personalized wearable and implantable devices.Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office 06.19.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics
Prosthetics Startup Amparo Wins Innovating for Disability Award
Amparo received the Special Award for Innovating for Disability at the Financial Times and IFC’s Transformational Business Awards.Amparo 06.17.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics | Extremities
A Prosthetic Foot for Tough Terrain
Stanford engineers develop a more stable, efficient prosthetic foot.Videos Nathan Collins, Stanford University 06.03.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics
Sensor-Packed Glove Could Aid Prosthetic Design
Signals help the neural network identify objects by touch.Rob Matheson, MIT News Office 05.31.19
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Bracing/Prosthetics
Creating Optimal Orthotics and Prosthetics: A Case Study
An O&P practice leverages 3D scanning technology to enable custom fabricated supports for patients while saving time and money.Online Exclusives Andrei Vakulenko, Business Development Officer, Artec 3D 05.31.19
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Biologics | Bracing/Prosthetics
The Changing World Around Orthopedic Implants
Those who have been in this industry for more than a few years realize implant technology has not changed all that much. Sure, there are new product releases offering innovative benefits not previously available. Further, emerging manufacturing techn…Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief 05.23.19
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Bracing/Prosthetics
New Research Trials Give 3D Printed Custom Prosthetics a Facelift
The prices of 3D printed orthopedic prosthetics will possibly witness a dramatic fall in the near future.Future Market Insights 04.24.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics
Improving 3D-Printed Prosthetics and Integrating Electronic Sensors
With electronic sensors integrated into prosthetic devices, researchers can gather information related to function and comfort.Virginia Tech 04.05.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics | Extremities
Ankle Exoskeleton Fits Under Clothes for Potential Broad Adoption
The potential applications are broad, from helping aging people stay active to assisting recreational walkers, hikers, or runners.Vanderbilt University 03.25.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics
Working to Change the Future of Prosthetics
An electrical and computer engineering master’s student is working to lower the barriers to entry for fabricating artificial muscle actuators.Videos Kritin Karkare, UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering 03.22.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics | Large Joint
AAOS News: Bio Dynamic Technologies Unveils New Guardian Rehabilitator for Knee Osteoarthritis
New rehabilitator helps knee osteoarthritis patients reduce pain and strengthen quadriceps/hamstrings to delay OA progression.Bio Dynamic Technologies 03.13.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics | Trauma/Sports
Mechanized Cane Measures Rehab Progress Without Patients Noticing
This cane monitors users’ weight-bearing while walking, providing individualized information on their progress.University of Malaga 03.12.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics | Design | Extremities | Large Joint | Research & Development | Spine/Neurology | Trauma/Sports
$250K Pediatric Pitch Competition for Orthopedic Medical Device Innovators
Winners receive up to $50,000, plus an opportunity to participate in a one-of-a-kind pediatric accelerator program.Children’s National Health System 02.28.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics | Spine/Neurology
Prosthetic Restores Sense of Where the Hand Is
Allows patients to reach for an object on a table and ascertain an item’s consistency, shape, position, and size without having to look at it.EPFL 02.21.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics | Design | Imaging | Research & Development
Fostering Breakthrough Device Development
The Innovation Institute’s president shares several insights on the mission of the firm and offers a number of examples of real-world development projects.Online Exclusives Joe Randolph, President & CEO, The Innovation Institute 02.19.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics
Motorized Brace to Help Children with Cerebral Palsy
Research team receives start-up funding to develop first-of-its-kind "artificial muscle."University of Delaware 02.11.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics
A System and Method for Assistive Gait Intervention and Fall Prevention
Can elderly people with gait problems or soldiers carrying heavy loads be protected from falling down?Videos HRL Laboratories, LLC 01.24.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics | MIS/Robotics
Reinforcement Learning Expedites 'Tuning' of Robotic Prosthetics
Researchers have developed an intelligent system for "tuning" powered prosthetic knees.North Carolina State University 01.18.19
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Bracing/Prosthetics | Spine/Neurology
Treating that Pain-in-the-Neck Smartphone
A neck collar restores proper alignment of a person’s head and neck when suffering from “text neck.”Online Exclusives Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief 01.07.19
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Bracing/Prosthetics | Imaging
Creating Customized Orthopedic Products Using Handheld 3D Scanners
The story of a company leveraging the scanning technology to eliminate significant labor time and costs of traditional methods.Online Exclusives Andrei Vakulenko, Chief Business Development Officer, Artec 3D 12.11.18
