The Owings Mills, MD-based Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) in March announced its receipt of awards in two categories at the 11th annual Stevie Awards gala, held February 24 in Las Vegas by the Fairfax, VA-based Stevie Awards group.

Peachtree City, GA-based Sigvaris in March celebrated the grand opening of its expansion for its North American headquarters with a ribbon cutting ceremony that included local city officials, employees, and members of the company’s founding family.

Rockaway, NJ-based Allard USA announced in late March that its new website, allardafo.com, is live. The site features the history of its ToeOff ankle foot orthosis, a “40 Reasons” section detailing the company’s process from manufacturing to social responsibility, and links to Allard suppliers worldwide.

San Diego-based DJO Global in March launched the OA Reaction TriFit Knee brace from DonJoy, the company’s latest osteoarthritis (OA) knee brace designed to provide pain relief to those with moderate to severe knee OA.

Matthews, NC-based Paceline in late March acquired Orlando, FL-based Orthomerica’s Seal PVA business.

The Washington, DC-based American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) announced in March that the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC) will sponsor the 2017 AOPA World Congress Presidential Papers, the top 10 clinical education submissions to the congress of original research backed by a full manuscript.

Austin, TX-based Ottobock HealthCare in March acquired prosthetic foot and ankle maker BionX Medical Technologies, headquartered in Boston, MA.

Kappa Delta Sorority and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) in March at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) presented four awards of $20,000 each to scientists for conducting outstanding musculoskeletal research. The meeting took place March 14-18 in San Diego.

Investigators from the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) on March 14 presented research at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in San Diego that confirms a seven-question survey developed at the Manhattan-based center is a valid and efficient tool for assessing patient outcomes following revision total knee replacement.

Orchard Park, NY-based Curbell Plastics in March provided technical expertise and donated material to students in the Technology and Engineering (STEM) Program at Wilson High School in West Lawn, PA.

The Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics on March 31 published a study of Foothill Ranch, CA-based Össur’s Rebound PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) brace, showing the device significantly reduced peak patello­femoral joint (PFJ) pressures in in PCL-deficient knees compared with no brace.

Boston, MA-based Tekscan on April 28 introduced the worldwide release of its Strideway gait analysis system. The modular pressure mea­surement system provides kinetic, temporal, and spatial gait parameters, as well pressure and force data.