Everyone knows it’s hard to keep up with kids; they outgrow clothes and interests overnight, and they seem to move at light speed in all directions at once. Keeping pace with children’s needs for innovative, durable, lightweight, and appropriately sized O&P solutions presents an even greater challenge, agree experts from both manufacturing and pediatric practices. Pediatric medicine is facing similar problems, claims a November 2015 U.S. News article, which notes that medical devices designed specifically for children lag five to ten years behind new technology for adults.1 The O&P EDGE asked industry experts to share their observations, solutions, plans, and predictions for improving the current shortfall in pediatric O&P devices.
