Lower Extremity Review
Tampa, FL-based Streifeneder USA is a comprehensive supplier and product development company with a lineage of providing wide-ranging options in the fields of prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, bandages, machines and tools, as well as materials and items required in orthotic workshops.
By P.K. Daniel
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
For the past 15 years, Surestep has been a stalwart in the O&P industry, improving many lives by providing stability to children who pronate with its patented, dynamic bracing system.
By P.K. Daniel
Townsend Design released its first osteoarthritis (OA) knee brace, the custom OA Reliever, in 1995. Two decades and hundreds of thousands of patients later, Townsend now offers the industry’s most diverse range of OA bracing technology— enabling medical professionals to brace virtually any OA patient successfully.
By LER Staff
medi USA, the US subsidiary of the German company medi, is continuing to bring innovations to its igli line of carbon fiber insole products, with a particular emphasis on the brand’s roots in pediatric orthoses.
By Cary Groner
Additive manufacturing, more commonly know as 3D printing, is a game changer in the orthotics industry due to its potential application for quickly and accurately creating custom orthotic solutions. An article in the March 2013 Harvard Business Review suggested that mass production will be a thing of the past as 3D printing technology can easily customize products on a mass scale without the need to retool the design process.
By P.K. Daniel
While the sweeping changes of the Affordable Care Act have been disruptive to some businesses, Jason Kraus, president and chief operating officer of OHI (Orthotic Holdings Inc.), welcomes them. He believes they are a potential windfall for certain sectors of the medical device industry—so much so, that he lectures frequently on the topic at onsite conferences and seminars and webinars held throughout the US and around the world.
By Suzanne Wright
The old saying “All for one and one for all” is something William Lanier, PhD, takes to heart every day. Lanier, owner of Branier Orthopedic in Sebring, FL, took over the family business about two years ago from his parents, who founded the custom molded shoe company in 1989…
By Robyn Parets
Hauppauge, NY-based OHI (Orthotic Holdings, Inc.) acquired Apex Foot Health Industries in March 2015. President and Chief Operating Officer Jason Kraus said Apex, which is headquartered in Teaneck, NJ, had long been recognized for offering the most innovative and highest-quality footwear to healthcare professionals. However, it had been a while since the product line aesthetics had been refreshed.
By Suzanne Wright
Following in your father’s footsteps in business may seem old-fashioned and cliché, but there’s nothing antiquated about the company that Bobby Kanter cofounded this year. In September, he and former Dr. Comfort vice president, Brian O’Reilly, CPed, partnered to launch what they believe will be the new face of diabetic footwear. In doing so, they’ve introduced the industry to Anodyne, headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.
By Brigid Galloway
More than a century ago, a German shoemaker named Heinrich Berkemann started a footwear company with a simple principle: create comfortable and attractive products. Although much has changed over the decades, the principles he established years ago are still alive and well in his legacy, PediFix, located in Brewster, NY.
By Brigid Galloway
For more than 85 years, Saddle Brook, NJbased Levy & Rappel has set the standard in the orthotics industry with a commitment to individual attention and ensuring high-quality products. In 1930, it was the first company to develop a soft and supportive orthosis, raising the industry yardstick.
By P.K. Daniel
Coming off of last year’s success in upgrading the materials line, Acor has now turned its attention to its central fabricating services. Last October Acor ended production of custom-molded shoes. “This was a difficult decision since this line of products once defined our company,” Joseph Merolla, Acor director of sales, told LER.
By LER Staff
In 1996, after 15 years of sports podiatry practice, Douglas Richie, DPM, was frustrated by the ongoing challenge of fitting sport ankle braces to patients who also wore custom foot orthoses. The two products should have worked naturally together, but, because neither was made with the other in mind, the result was often ungainly and uncomfortable.
By Gary Groner
A common theme among many of the 17 profiles of companies featured in the 2016 issue of the Lower Extremity Review Resource Guide is the changes driven by shrinking Medicare reimbursements and growing possibilities for audits.
By Emily Delzell, Senior Editor
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