Onkos Surgical this week announced it signed a multi-year agreement with Integrum to expand to market for Integrum’s OPRA Implant System. The collaboration is expected to commence immediately and will focus on expanding the U.S. market for Integrum’s Osseoanchored Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA) Implant System. “We are delighted to partner with Dr. […]
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Swedish patient receives ‘dexterous, sentient’ prosthetic hand
A Swedish woman with a hand amputation has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular implant to control a dexterous hand prosthesis, according to Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Surgeons placed titanium implants in the two forearm bones (radius and ulna), and extended electrodes to nerves and muscle to extract signals to control a […]
FDA approves 1st above-the-knee prosthesis
The FDA today authorized the 1st prosthesis for patients with amputations above the knee, allowing them to attach a prosthetic limb to remaining thigh bone. The device, called the Osseoanchored prosthesis for the rehabilitation of amputees, uses fixtures and screws implanted in a patients remaining thigh bone to connect to an external prosthetic, the FDA […]