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College Park Industries, Inc. The Soleus foot. Bilateral lower-limb amputee Reggie Showers rock climbing on Trustep feet. College Park Industries [1] is a prosthetics manufacturer headquartered in Warren, Michigan. The company was founded in 1988 after a local machinist set out to create the world's most anatomically correct prosthetic foot. [2]
Össur hf. Össur hf. is a company based in Iceland that develops, manufactures and sells non-invasive equipment for orthopaedics, including bracing and support products, compression therapy, and prosthetics. The company is headquartered in Reykjavík, with offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and distributors in other markets.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. / 42.897185; -78.866852. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is a cancer research and treatment center located in Buffalo, New York. Founded by surgeon Roswell Park in 1898, the center was the first in the United States to specifically focus on cancer research.
Anaplastology ( Gk. ana -again, anew, upon plastos -something made, formed, molded logy -the study of) is a branch of medicine dealing with the prosthetic rehabilitation of an absent, disfigured or malformed anatomically critical location of the face or body. The term anaplastology was coined by Walter G. Spohn and is used worldwide.
He is the Vice-President of Prosthetics for Hanger Clinic, a prosthetics and orthotics provider in the United States. [2] Kevin travels around the United States and the world providing care for patients with unique or challenging cases and for disabled athletes. [2] [3] He also presents scientific symposiums and educational programs.
Liberating Technologies, Inc., better known as LTI, is a research and development company owned by Coapt, LLC and based in Holliston, Massachusetts . LTI specializes in research and development with a research funding portfolio supported by the Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, Veteran's Administration, and other entities.
Patient procedure. A prosthesis is a functional replacement for an amputated or congenitally malformed or missing limb. Prosthetists are responsible for the prescription, design, and management of a prosthetic device. In most cases, the prosthetist begins by taking a plaster cast of the patient's affected limb.
Peg Leg Sam (Arthur Jackson) (1911–1977) American blues musician. Joe "Pegleg" Morgan (1929–1993), first non-Hispanic member of the Mexican Mafia, an American criminal organization. Sita Subedi (1985-), Nepalese classical dancer and winner of Ms. Nepal International 2023.