In 2014, Click Medical used an innovation mindset to incorporate the Boa fit system from a snowboard boot into an adjustable panel on a prosthesis so people with amputations could adjust their own fit. Bodies and residual limbs come in endless shapes and sizes, so why not make the leap from a rigid device that does not adjust to one that can adapt to the user as they change?
Adopting an innovative mindset can benefit the O&P profession on multiple levels. Practice owners, prosthetists, technicians, and patients all can benefit from an innovation mindset that allows the best solution to emerge for each challenge that arises.
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