News
Last Updated: Apr 6
News from The O&P EDGE
- FIU Receives FDA Approval to Trial Neural-controlled Prosthetic Hand Researchers have received an investigational device exemption from the FDA to conduct the first-in-human trial of a neural-enabled prosthetic hand system. The system is designed to restore sensation.
- Prosthetic Finger Provides Clues to Brain Health
- Michelle Hall Appointed to JPO Editorial Board
- Bill to Amend LCD Process Introduced in Senate
- Paceline Acquires Orthomerica’s Seal PVA Business
- Pitt Researchers Identify New Brain Pathway That Controls Hand Movements
- PHI Honored by Bobby Dodd Institute
- Students Design Aid for Prosthetic Fittings
- NAAOP Update: Major Policy Priorities Confront O&P
- Man With Quadriplegia Uses BCI/FES System to Feed Himself
- Yeongchi Wu, MD, Leaves Northwestern to Pursue New Challenges
- DME MAC A Posts Quarterly Results of Service-specific Prepayment Review for KOs, LSOs
- Ekso Appoints New Board Member
- Stanford Professor Wins Science Award; Advances Work in Creating Artificial Skin
- ABC to Sponsor Presidential Papers at 2017 AOPA World Congress
- Grant Awarded to Test Gene Therapy for CMT
- Solar-powered Skin Could Provide Sense of Touch to Prostheses
- Yale Student Venture Focused on Amputees Wins Award
- URI Students to Make Prosthetic Arms, Hands for Colombian Patients
- DARPA Project to Harness Magnetism for Prosthetic Limb Control
Videos
Resource Links
- Futuristic 'liquid wire' invention mimics spider silk with remarkable properties that make it perfect for biorobotics - http://www.mirror.co.uk
- QingDao Unique unveils first-ever prosthetic 3D printer - http://www.3ders.org