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ÖSSUR ACQUIRES SCANNING, DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

Össur, Foothill Ranch, CA, has purchased the rights to proprietary design and visualization software used in the shape capture, design, and manufacture of orthoses and prostheses (O&P) from Standard Cyborg, San Francisco, CA, a privately held startup company that develops computer vision tools. This computer-aided design technology will offer efficiencies in socket fabrication by allowing O&P providers to use a tablet to capture accurate, 3D images and make modifications of their patient’s residual limb. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

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