DJO Global’s ProCare product line now includes the Remedy Pro Offloading Shoe, designed to reduce forefoot pressure and speed healing. The Remedy Pro is indicated for forefoot trauma, postsurgical healing …
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Sols Foot Orthoses
Sols introduces a new system designed to simplify and enhance the orthotic prescription process and enable practitioners to focus on patient care. Sols’ certified providers receive an iPad equipped with an app to capture images of patients’ feet easily and accurately without the need for paperwork …
Pedors High-Top
Pedors Shoes has reintroduced the Pedors High-Top, available in an XXW width from a children’s size 1 up to a men’s size 15. The Pedors High-Top is an all-weather boot that features a dorsal stretch panel and …
UV Shoe Sanitizer
For patients with athlete’s foot, onychomycosis, shoe odor, diabetic skin issues, or other dermatological concerns, as well as for those wanting to prevent these conditions, PediFix offers a new UV (ultraviolet) shoe sanitizer…
Transfemoral Infinite Socket
The Infinite Socket from LIM Innovations is a custom, modular, dynamic transfemoral socket engineered to empower both clinician and user. The adaptable socket allows wearers to adjust the fit during day-to-day activities and in response to volume change over long periods of time …
Brace demand grows while market for knee arthroplasty remains static
With only 10.5% of US patients with knee osteoarthritis opting for surgery in 2013, a percentage that has not increased in 10 years, medical device manufacturers are working to meet the clear demand for solutions that delay unwanted surgery, according to a November report from London, UK-based GlobalData.
Longtime pedorthist Bill Meanwell dies
Bill Meanwell, CPed, died on November 14, 2014, in Broken Arrow, OK. He was 63. A longtime pedorthist, most recently in private practice as owner of Corethotics in Tulsa, OK, Meanwell also taught at the Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology in …
Össur opens women’s leadership effort
Foothill Ranch, CA-based Össur in November launched its Össur Women’s Leadership Initiative, a program to encourage greater diversity and inclusiveness in the O&P field.
Playground build to open AAOS meeting
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) will kick off its 2015 Annual Meeting on March 24 in Las Vegas with a one-day build of a playground designed with input from children from the local church community program Palabra Viva Las Vegas.
BiOM gets $6M for bionic development
Bedford, MA-based bionics company BiOM announced in December 2014 that it had recently raised $6 million from Dutch and US venture firms, bringing its total funding to $48 million, according to the Boston Business Journal (BBJ).
Delcam expands technology forums
Birmingham, UK-based Delcam announced in December that its popular technology forum will expand its scope in 2015 to include orthopedics. The change is reflected in the event’s new name, the Ortho Technology Forum (OTF), which reflects the …
IDEO study calls for military participants with post-trauma foot, ankle weakness
The Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC) on January 2 called for participants for a Department of Defense-funded study examining the benefits of an integrated orthosis and rehabilitation program that incorporates the Intrepid Dynamic Exoskeletal Orthosis (IDEO) and the Return to Run …
DJO Global donates $25K for PT center
Alexandria, VA-based DJO Global reported December 30 that it has donated $25,000 to the Foundation for Physical Therapy’s planned Center of Excellence (COE).
USATF honors Team Spenco runner Gray
USA Track & Field (USATF) recognized elite mountain runner and Spenco-sponsored athlete Joseph Gray with its “Mountain Runner of the Year” title on December 4 during its annual meeting in Anaheim, CA.
Brenau U pre-accredited for DPT program
The Alexandria, VA-based Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education announced on December 11 that it has granted candidacy for accreditation to Brenau University’s doctoral degree program, which is recruiting candidates for the class that begins in May 2015.
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