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Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics | |
Headquarters: Bethesda, Maryland
Additional locations: 619 patient care centers across America
Web site: www.hanger.com
Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics is the world’s premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic patient care services. The company is the market leader in the United States, owning and operating 619 patient care centers in 45 states and the District of Columbia, with 3,461 employees including 1,027 practitioners. Every year, Hanger helps over 650,000 patients.
For those with upper-limb deficiencies, the company delivers 1,600 new upper-extremity devices each year. The company’s national upper-extremity prosthetic program creates a custom prosthetic solution for each individual patient, putting into practice its 150 years of history and extensive knowledge from its massive network of prosthetic and orthotic specialists.
Hanger embraces new technology, not only for new products like the i-LIMB Hand, but also in the form of different fitting and scanning techniques, collaborative communication tools, and overall patient management programs. Hanger has developed many innovations including Insignia, a 3D laser imaging alternative to plaster molding, and the patented ComfortFlex™ Socket System, which assures patients greater comfort and improved residual limb health.
Troy Farnsworth, CP, FAAOP, vice president of Hanger’s upper-extremity prosthetic program, called the i-LIMB Hand “a major milestone in the history of prosthetic science.
“As an upper-extremity prosthetic specialist for over 15 years, I was thrilled that someone ventured outside normal prosthetic hand concepts and created a more natural and efficient way for the prosthetic hand to function,” said Mr. Farnsworth.
The new technology reflects considerable input from patients and clinicians, he added. “The Touch Bionics team welcomed and incorporated patient and clinician feedback into the new bionic hand, and it shows. Their diligence has been the cornerstone to the development of this product.”
The improvements delivered by the Touch Bionics products set a new standard that will drive further improvements, he said. “The i-LIMB Hand is a stepping stone that has set the direction for all future development in prosthetic hands. Not only does it set a benchmark for upper-extremity patients, the Touch Bionics technology raises the bar for the future development of prosthetic hands. Patients and developers alike will truly reach for greater goals in functionality, mobility, and cosmesis, thanks to the increased realm of possibility introduced by this new technology.”
Hanger has fitted Touch Bionics technology on active or retired injured military veterans, all of whom have welcomed the generational improvements their new prosthesis delivers.
“Patients are very excited about the progress in technology relative to their ability to perform tasks that they were previously unable to perform with other electric hand systems, especially when grasping objects of various shapes and sizes,” said Mr. Farnsworth. “With the i-LIMB Hand, patients have commented on the noticeable decrease in weight, the more natural way the robotic hand operates and moves, and the more natural appearance of the hand. Their experience with the Touch Bionics technology has piqued their interest and excitement for future developments.”
For further information, please contact:
Jennifer Bittner
Director, Public Relations
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.
(301) 280-4869
JBittner@Hanger.com
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