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  Florida O&P Business Reopens after Hurricane Michael Infinity Orthotics and Prosthetics, Panama City, Florida, has reopened after being damaged by Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm in early October. Kip Hicks, CPO/L, and founder of Infinity O&P told WMMB News13 , a local television station, the...
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  Ability P&O Named One of the Best Places to Work in PA Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics, Exton, Pennsylvania, was named one of the best places to work in Pennsylvania for 2019. It is the second year the company has been honored with the award, which recognizes the best places of employment that are b...
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  Automation Company Acquires Create O&P PVA, Cohoes, New York, a dispensing, coating, and custom automation company, announced that it has acquired additive manufacturing company Create Orthotics & Prosthetics, Lake Placid, New York. Create O&P sells 3D printers that produce prostheses....
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  NAAOP Webcast: Limb Loss and Prevention Registry Process Underway The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) released its latest webcast in which Peter Thomas, JD, reports on September's American Orthotics and Prosthetics Association (AOPA) National Assembly in San Diego. K...
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  O&P Assistant Educational Standards Approved The board of directors of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) has approved the Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Education Programs in Orthotist and Prosthetist Assistant. CAAHEP accredits p...
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  Researchers Earn Grant to Develop Volume-changing Socket Researchers at the Virginia Tech College of Engineering have received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study residual limb volume loss and develop a prosthetic socket to accommodate volume changes. Michael Philen, PhD, an a...
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  Hanger 3Q Conference Call Set For Nov. 7 Hanger, Austin, Texas, will report its financial results for the third quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, after the stock market closes on Thursday, November 7. Hanger's management team will host a conference call with the financial...
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  OPAF Intern Wins PT Student Scholarship Michelle Jamin, an OPAF intern who will assume a seat on the OPAF board of directors on December 1, has been awarded the Ben F. Massey Jr. Student Scholarship Award by the North Carolina Physical Therapy Association Scholarship and Loan Fund.
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  Nominations Open for 2020 National Small Business Person Awards The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is accepting nominations for its 2020 National Small Business Week Awards, including the Small Business Person of the Year. For more than 50 years, National Small Business Week has celebrated the achiev...