Orthocare Innovations Receives NIH Award
O&P Business NewsNovember 01, 2008
Orthocare Innovations was awarded the Phase II National Institutes of Health (NIH) $750,000 competitive research award through the Small Business Innovative Research Program. This award is co-founded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Development (NICHD) and the National Center on Minority Health Disparities (NCMHD). The award was made by the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), a center within the National Institute of Child and Human Development.
The focus of this award, robotic prosthetic alignment system, will be to build on previously funded work in the area of prosthetic alignment to develop a novel, self-aligning device component. This work offers the potential for a universally applicable component that will dramatically alter the functionality of lower limb prosthetics. 'The inert, static prosthetic devices of today are a source of frustration and dissatisfaction for many patients. Too often, patients must adapt to their prosthesis, rather than the prosthesis adjusting to meet the needs of its user,' Doug McCormack, chief executive officer of Orthocare Innovations, said in a company press release. 'We are very pleased to enjoy the ongoing support of all the NIH for our work in conjunction with Oak Ridge Laboratories to double up this potentially game changing adaptive system.' David Boone, CP, MPH, Ph.D, Orthocare chief technology officer, will serve as the principal investigator on the initiative.
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