Lower Extremity Review
The financial crisis of the past few years has taken a toll on many US companies, but that hasn’t been the case for Tekscan. The Boston-based developer of tactile pressure measurement systems and software crossed the 100-employee mark in 2012. It can also claim a 10% growth in the sales of medical biomechanical products in the past year.
By Shalmali Pal
According to ProtoKinetics cofounder Michael Rowling, intensive patient evaluation and gait analysis are essential for advanced orthotic and prosthetic design, evaluation of gait, and tracking patient progress in physical therapy.
By LER staff
International boundaries are notoriously porous in the face of technological advances, and the fast pace of change in the world is now affecting even the field of foot orthoses. For DOLA Orthotics Lab, recent improvements in CAD-CAM, scanners, and international shipping have led to rapid growth across Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. The company is now poised to establish a beachhead in the United States.
By Cary Groner
Delcam is a supplier of advanced CAD-CAM solutions for various manufacturing industries. Customers can use Delcam’s technology to move seamlessly from concept to reality in the design and creation of products with complex shapes, making it the ideal solution for custom orthotic design and manufacture.
By LER staff
Propét USA is marching into 2014 by expanding its line of comfort and therapeutic shoe styles. In collaboration with its first podiatric advisor, foot and ankle surgeon Harold Schoenhaus, DPM, Propét is offering a new line of sandals and flip flops featuring its new Rejuve Motion Technology, a stabilizing heel cup that minimizes pronation, as well as the Propét Preferred AdaptaStep, a recovery shoe with variable flexibility to promote healing and comfort after surgery or trauma.
By Andria Segedy
More than 50 years ago orthopedic surgeon Ignacio V. Ponseti, MD, developed a technique to correct congenital clubfoot. The Ponseti method corrects the deformity through the use of serial casts followed by application of a specialized brace, and is now the preferred method of treatment worldwide.
By Samantha Rosenblum
Bernie Veldman, CO, had been practicing for years when his young son’s condition—severe pronation similar to that experienced by children with hypotonia—led him to add to his clinical work a focus on research and development and eventually, to form a company to offer his solutions to other practitioners.
By PK Daniel
Sometimes a simple idea turns into a significant business strategy. That’s certainly the case with Townsend’s “customized” OTS (off-the-shelf) knee braces.
By Larry Hand
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
When Ed Wilbourne attended the annual meeting of the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) in Washington, DC, a couple of years ago, he was eager to see what had changed in the world of foot orthoses since his previous visit 20 years earlier.
By Cary Groner
When Jeff Haines and his business partner, Tracy Grim, started Ovation Medical in 2010, it was like getting the old band back together. The two had collaborated successfully for years at Royce Medical before Haines sold the company to Ossur in 2005.
By Cary Groner
PAL Health Technologies was established in 1976, beginning its legacy in the orthotic industry in Pekin, IL. It has since expanded its inventory to include a comprehensive catalog of corrective lower extremity devices, including custom foot orthoses, diabetic and accommodative inserts, ankle braces, and therapeutic shoes.
By P.K. Daniel
Langer Biomechanics provides a broad array of products to keep patients mobile. The company philosophy is to leverage innovative technology, relevant client-focused services, and medical education to secure its market leader position in foot orthoses, ankle foot orthoses (AFOs), and other durable medical equipment (DME) products.
By LER Staff
Perhaps watching television can be good for you. About six years ago, Steve Kaufman was watching the late-night CNBC show “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch,” during which successful entrepreneurs tell how they got started in business. At the end of the show, the host would challenge viewers to come up with their own big ideas.
By Larry Hand
For Orthofeet, the New Jersey-based designer and manufacturer of medical footwear for adults with diabetes, 2013 was a year of major transitions. In the past 12 months the company welcomed a new chief executive officer (CEO), doubled its sales force, switched to a larger factory, and initiated a grassroots education alliance with the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE).
By Hank Black
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