HandHero, a team born out of a Stanford course called Design for Extreme Affordability, is transforming the medical care opportunities for individuals of all ages in Nepal. After forming a partnership with ReSurge International, a non-profit organization that provides reconstructive surgeries all over the world, they traveled to Nepal to begin their collaborative design process, and it was there that they discovered just how widespread the problems were. Over 50% of Nepal’s population uses open fire for functions of daily living, which poses serious potential harm due to burning. Flame related accidents are quite common, and without proper medical attention AND follow up care, life long disabilities such as contracting skin can…

Well, it’s official now! RevoLimb, supplier of adjustable prosthetic socket solutions and a medical innovations company, Click Medical, supplier of O&P solutions with integrated Boa Closure System components, have merged under one name, Click Medical Inc. Both Click Medical and RevoLimb were created to enable practitioners and fabricators a set of tools to easily adjust various orthotics and prosthetics devices. By using the technology, the patient has the ability to control the fit of their device throughout the day, allowing practitioners to focus on new patients, rather than spending their time refitting old devices. Together, RevoLimb and Click Medical can deliver a broader product line that will benefit O&P shops…

Branier Orthopedic Custom Molded Shoes, Inserts & Braces, through a collaboration with Click Medical, is now offering the patented Boa® closure system in their custom molded shoe lines (www.branier.org). By integrating a Click Medical kit containing Boa® components, Branier can manufacture custom molded shoes capable of achieving an unprecedented fit to patients with limited manual dexterity. Adjustable with the use of a single hand, Boa’s mechanical reel system works to draw its steel cable through a series of easy glide nylon guides. Historically, patients with compromised hand function have often been plagued by an inability to secure a “snug fit” in a custom molded shoe. Having been previously constrained to…