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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal progressive neurodegenerative disease that presents with various symptoms, such as muscle weakness, dysphagia, dysarthria, and respiratory failure, leading to death in 3–5 years. As ALS remains incurable, patient care including rehabilitation is important for maintaining…
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas 10th edition is available for download. This publication provides detailed information on the estimated and projected prevalence of diabetes, globally, by region, country, and territory, for 2021, 2030, and 2045. It draws attention to the growing impact of…
Hanger, Austin, TX, has awarded its 9th annual Partner Awards to 5 companies for their role in providing products and services used to deliver orthotic and prosthetic care and empower patients’ lives, as follows…
Researchers from the University of Birmingham and University of Huddersfield, both located in the UK, developed an approach to print skin equivalents. The material may play a future role in facilitating the healing of chronic wounds. The technique is said to be the first of its kind…
The Clinical Outcome Measures Electronic Toolkit (COMET) for prosthetics and orthotics (P&O) is available for free download. The COMET provides a database of validated outcome measures geared toward prosthesis and orthosis users and practitioners; it simplifies and standardizes the…
Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), New Zealand, received funding to do a pilot study to trial a portable temperature-sensing technology they developed to detect the early signs of complications of the feet among people with diabetes.
The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) and the Center for Orthotic and Prosthetic Learning and Outcomes/Evidence-Based Practice (COPL) have announced a Request for Pilot Grant Proposals in Orthotic and Prosthetic (O&P) research.
DARCO International, Huntington, WV, and Sensoria® Health, Redmond, WA, have partnered to jointly develop smart diabetic footwear that is powered by mobile and cloud patient monitoring technology, to deliver remote patient monitoring–connected podiatry solutions to…
The open-source, artificially intelligent prosthetic leg designed by researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) will be brought to the research market by Humotech, a Pittsburgh-based assistive technology company. The goal of the collaboration is to speed the development of…
MolecuLight, Toronto, Canada, and Pittsburgh, PA, which provides point-of-care fluorescence imaging technology for real-time detection of wounds containing elevated bacterial loads, announced that it has received $10M USD in structure debt from SWK Holdings to support…
Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, announced that president and CEO Jon Sigurdsson will retire from his position after serving the company for 26 years. The company’s board of directors has appointed Össur CFO Sveinn Sölvason to succeed as president and CEO…
A research team led by Lim Chwee Teck, PhD, from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), in collaboration with clinical partners from Singapore General Hospital…
A team of University of Arizona (UArizona) researchers has developed an ultra-thin wireless device that grows to the surface of bone and could someday help physicians monitor bone health and healing over long periods. The devices are called osseosurface electronics.
The Biomechanics Initiative has announced 4 grant programs to support minority sponsored events for National Biomechanics Day, to be held on April 6, 2022. The day-long event is designed to introduce biomechanics to high school students around the globe.
Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company Breakthrough Device Designation for its Embozene® microspheres for genicular artery embolization (GAE), a minimally invasive procedure, for...
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