For more than 9 decades, our mission has been to restore and improve independence for people with mobility challenges. Most people know us as a company that manufactures products like prostheses, braces and orthoses, children’s wheelchairs, cushions and accessories. We take pride in the quality and advanced technology that are reflected in our product lines.
But there’s more. The people who work for us believe in our mission – taking it as a personal commitment to help make a difference for people who depend on one of our medical products to be more active.
Working in the field of nerve regeneration has a lot in common with being an electrician, says Dr. Jennifer Ernst. She is Head of Innova...
Robotic prosthetics as standard, exoskeletons supporting mobility — a future closer than it sounds. Find out more in our new episode of...
Controlling a robot in Mexico from an office in Austin. Science fiction? Find out in the new episode of Taste of Bionics! Taste of Bioni...
Implants under the skin, wirelessly connected to all the technology around us — the future of hands-free control is closer than we thin...
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What if you could feel a limb that isn’t there? Hugh Herr explains how AMI surgery restores dynamic sensation after amputation. Discove...
Can surgical innovation eliminate phantom pain? Hugh Herr explains why giving nerves what they ‘desire’ (muscle or skin cells) change...
He can hike mountains, dive into the ocean and run faster than ever with his prosthetics. But there’s one simple thing Johannes Floors ...
Johannes Floors doesn’t see his prosthetics as tools – for him, they are simply his legs. Why does he feel so completely connected to...
