Orthocare Innovations, headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, received a gold-level 2013 Edison Award in the assistive device category for its magellan™ Microprocessor Foot and Ankle (MFA) system.
The Edison Awards celebrate innovative new products and services from around the world in the spirit of Thomas Edison. The Edison award winners were judged by a panel of more than 3,000 peers, including business executives, past winners, academics, and leaders in the fields of product development, design, engineering, science, and medicine. The winners were announced on April 25 at a ceremony in Chicago, Illinois, that was attended by 400 international business leaders and innovators.
“The awards demonstrate the incredible range and pace of innovation globally and across a wide variety of industries,” said Frank Bonafilia, executive director of the Edison Awards. “It is important that such excellence in innovation be widely recognized and done so in the spirit of the world’s greatest inventor.”