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Dr. Lonnie Love Joins Orthocare Innovations Board of Medical and Scientific Advisors

Orthocare Innovations announced the addition of Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) researcher Lonnie Love, PhD to its Medical and Scientific Advisory Board.

Love received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1995 and joined ORNL later that year. Love is a widely published author on topics reated to robotics and actuation styems and is a 2006 R&D winner.

Love serves as robotics and energetic systems distinguished research scientist at ORNL. His research focuses on design, control and application of novel mechatronic and actuation systems, with an emphasis on mesofluidic and electrohydraulic systems, fluid driven prosthetic devices, exoskeleton systems and miniaturization of hydraulic components.

'Orthocare values its relationship with Lonnie Love and his team at Oak Ridge,' Doug McCormack, chief executive officer of Orthocare said in a news release. 'There is a tremendous commitment to sucessfully transitioning technologies from the lab into clinical applications. While in the past this may have proven to be an exclusive goal, Lonnie is making it a reality with his practical approach to technology development and his drive to enhance human performance.'

'I have enjoyed my close collaboration with Orthocare and am pleased to serve in a more official role as a member of the Medical and Scientific Board of Advisors,' Love said. 'Orthocare is a dynamic company with the technical skills to work side-by-side with the researchers at Oak Ridge, while also possessing the savvy to navigate the Lab sucessfully to build strong partnerships. Orthocare's ability to bring real world problems to the ORNL research community was instrumental in helping me obtain internal research funding to develop new technologies that will ultimately reach patients and improve patient care.