2012
Lower Extremity Review
Company Profiles: Pediatric
Company Profiles: Knee
Company Profiles: Foot
Company Profiles: Fabrication
Company Profiles: Ankle
Townsend: Custom service for the off-the-shelf price
At Townsend Design, an orthotics products manufacturer in Bakersfield, CA, even off-the-shelf (OTS) products can become custom configured, and at no additional charge.
By Larry Hand
Tekscan: Systems for pressure measurement and beyond
Tekscan, founded in 1987, began as a company that marketed tactile pressure sensors to dentists;. It has since expanded to become a leader in systems that measure pressure distribution for a range of clients…
By Barbara Boughton
SureStep: A stabilizing force for low-and high-tone pediatric patients
For a dozen years South Bend, IN-based SureStep has been finding solutions to help stabilize standing, walking, and running in the hypotonic and hypertonic pediatric population, said founder Bernie Veldman, CO.
By Andria Segedy
Spenco Footcare: Organization takes pride in founder’s pioneering spirit
When it comes to shoe insoles, the majority of users will agree on two points: Insoles should be comfortable and eminently forgettable.
By Shalmali Pal
Richie Brace: Eponymous brace remains mainstay of evolving company
In 1996, after 15 years of sports podiatry practice, Douglas Richie, DPM, was frustrated by the ongoing challenge of fitting sport ankle braces to patients who also wore custom foot orthoses.
By Cary Groner
ProtoKinetics: Today’s Most Advanced Technology and Expertise Applied to Gait Analysis
According to ProtoKinetics co-founder Michael Rowling intensive patient evaluation and gait analysis are essential for advanced orthotic design. Rowling and Youan Chang…
By Stephanie Zultanky
Mile High Orthotics Lab: Emphasis on customer, community relationships
Mile High Orthotics Lab (MHOL) is a young company that bases its success on staying at the forefront of technology while emphasizing client and community relationships.
By Hank Black
Med Spec: Homegrown innovation drives success
Overseas outsourcing in the manufacturing industry was a hot button topic during the 2012 elections. For Medical Specialties Inc, a maker of orthopedic and sports medicine products, going overseas was, and remains, a nonissue.
By Shalmali Pal
medi: Compression, compassion, and novel carbon fiber
medi USA, the Whitsett, NC-based manufacturing and distribution arm of the family owned, privately held German compression hosiery and O&P company, fosters innovation and active market development domestically and internationally.
By Christina Hall Nettles
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