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Prof. Joan Sanders at the University of Washington has published a method for 3D-printing prosthetic sockets with integrated real-time fit sensors. What the research does, who it is aimed at, and where it is in the process.
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The New England Revolution Amputee Soccer Team is a two-time national champion that sends players to the World Cup. After this Saturday's first-team match at Gillette, they take the pitch. Here's what you should know before you watch.
The Regenstein Foundation Center for Bionic Medicine at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab has implanted the e-OPRA system in its first US patient. The device combines four technologies the field has been developing separately: bone-anchored attachment, targeted muscle reinnervation, implanted pattern-recognition sensors, and nerve-based sensory feedback.
Two centers in Idlib province have cut replacement time from weeks to roughly a day and cost from around $500 to $100 for conventional articulated prostheses. The workflow shift is real. The scale is not.
Two centers in northwest Syria now depend entirely on 3D printing to make prosthetics, together serving 100 to 150 patients a month. What the technology changed, and what it has not.
Matthew Wernke's award-winning presentation at AOPA's National Assembly targets a gap that should not exist: almost no data currently guides how prosthetists distribute pressure across the residual limb when designing a socket.
Hanger Clinic, the country's largest O&P provider, is acquiring Numotion, the country's largest CRT and power mobility company. Both brands stay, both sets of patients stay, and Patient Square Capital controls the combined entity. Here's what the deal actually means for the people in the waiting rooms.
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