Lower Extremity Review
David Kramer, CPed, didn’t start out to build a career in custom foot orthotics; the tendency just ran in the family. Kramer’s uncle owned Levy & Rappel, the venerable orthotics company in Saddle Brook, NJ…
By Cary Groner
Langer Biomechanics provides a broad array of products to keep patients mobile. The company philosophy embraces the concept of harnessing innovation in order to maintain its legacy of industry leadership. Earlier this year, Langer made…
By Ellen Oliver
In 2001, Peter DeLuca and two former colleagues came together and realized that certain characteristics are necessary for a great orthotic lab. Armed with these goals, the three formed Integrity Orthotics in Arlington, WA.
By Stephanie Zultanky
The folks at Dr. Comfort in Mequon, WI, have been excitedly awaiting the arrival of the new year for a while, because 2013 will be a year to offer new products to practitioners’ diabetic patients—and a year to launch a new product outside the…
By Larry Hand
The goal at Dr. Comfort is simple: Provide products that can help diabetic patients prevent amputations. “Prevention of diabetic amputations motivated the founding of Dr. Comfort, and it’s what motivates us to keep growing every year…
By Larry Hand
Delcam is a supplier of advanced CAD-CAM solutions for the manufacturing industry. Using technology that allows customers to take complex-shaped products from concept to reality, Delcam’s range of software is utilized by…
By Samantha Rosenblum
Bracemasters International is a 16-year-old company, headquartered in New Berlin, WI, that began as a manufacturer of custom prosthetics and orthotics for a broad range of lower extremity patients.
By Barbara Boughton
Setting the Gold Standard is, well, standard, for Arizona AFO. “Customers expect our products to be durable, comfortable, and functional,” said company senior executive Don Pierson, CO, CPed, who added that Arizona’s patented…
By Andria Segedy
Product innovation, customization to individual needs, and private-label manufacturing services for other brands have driven continual growth at American Orthopedics Manufacturing Corporation in Brooklyn, NY.
By Larry Hand
Despite a long career that includes stints with several prominent orthotics companies, Carol Paez, director of customer satisfaction and general manager of Allard USA, said she is still growing up.
By Cary Groner
Cleveland,OH-based Acor Orthopaedic is a manufacturer and supplier of pedorthic products, including foot orthotics, diabetic shoes, comfort footwear, custom orthopedic footwear, and orthotic materials. Acor is owned by brothers Greg Alaimo, CP, and Jeffrey Alaimo, CPO, and is built of a team of engineers and practitioners. All contribute to product design, selections, and creation.
By Samantha Rosenblum
Lower extremity healthcare is constantly changing. New products and techniques are developed and old products and techniques are modified in new ways. New technologies change the way we receive and process healthcare information. New research makes us rethink what we thought we knew.
Jordana Bieze Foster, Editor
Spenco Medical Corporation offers Spenco PolySorb Flow Warm performance insoles for walkers, runners, and joggers seeking support and comfort in a warm foot environment. A reflective thermal barrier, a foil layer beneath the topcloth, retains natural body heat. The...
New from Ottobock, the multi-axial Triton Low Profile (LP) foot is designed for active above- or below-knee amputees with clearances as small as 2.5 inches, particularly those with longer residual limbs. In addition to its reduced structural height, the Triton LP has...
The Ponseti method of clubfoot management has achieved worldwide acceptance, but practitioners and researchers are still working to identify the best ways to optimize clinical outcomes while remaining sensitive to issues of cost effectiveness and cultural...
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