Touch Bionics Promotes

Touch Bionics, Livingston, Scotland, has promoted John Carpenter to the position of regional manager.

Carpenter will be responsible for the central region of the United States, which includes Minnesota, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Montana, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Carpenter is a congenital amputee and small-business owner from Michigan. He joined Touch Bionics after becoming interested in its i-LIMB^TM Hand, according to the company.

"John has proven himself an invaluable asset to Touch Bionics over the past year while working for us," said Mark Ford, director of North American sales and marketing. "I am delighted to welcome him on board in this key role."

Carpenter's promotion is part of an expansion of the U.S. sales team in conjunction with the launch of two programs intended to provide additional support to U.S. clinics that offer the i-LIMB Hand and LIVINGSKIN prostheses, Touch Bionics said in a press release.

The first of these programs, officially launched this month, is the Reimbursement Assistance & Clinical Evaluation (RACE) Team, designed to assist O&P facilities with their reimbursement efforts on the i-LIMB Hand and LIVINGSKIN products. The other is the Partner Program for accredited i-LIMB Hand practitioners, which allows the practitioners to work more closely with Touch Bionics on their commercial, clinical, and product-development goals.