UPDATE: May 8, 2019: Ottobock said it was disappointed in FTC's decision but said it would continue to "work in a collaborative manner with the FTC to promptly reach a mutually beneficial resolution." ...

After two years, the Federal Trade Commission has ordered the German prosthetics company Ottobock to roll back its acquisition of Freedom Innovations, saying the merger of the two manufacturers would ...

WASHINGTON (Dec. 10, 2009) -- Several wounded warriors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are testing a new microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knee. The X2 microprocessor knee, the result of a ...

More than two million Americans have lost a limb and it’s estimated there are 185,000 amputations every year. Now new technology in prosthetics is helping many amputees move forward. Robert Wright has ...

When your private equity investor wants to cash out, it’s often with a sale. Irvine-based Freedom Innovations LLC said it couldn’t be happier with a strategic partner like German prosthetics maker ...

You probably don’t want to lose a leg, but if you have to there are many options now that were unthinkable not long ago. That is, if you can afford them. A microprocessor knee — a prosthetic with some ...

The direct medical costs of falls in adults with a transfemoral amputation are described in a new article. In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers ...

For those of us who can move around with relative ease, it’s easy to take it for granted. For those with limited to no mobility, it is a daily struggle. The Ottobock C-Brace is aiming to change that ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers describe the direct medical costs of falls in adults with a transfemoral amputation. In ...