New £700k fund to help patients across Wales receive vital prosthetic knees
Ottobock C-Leg 4 MPK Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced a new £700k fund to provide specialist Microprocessor Controlled Prosthetic Knees (MPK) to eligible patients…
No limit to teen Jodie’s sense of adventure with Ottobock C-Leg
Inspirational teenager Jodie Millard, who lost a leg to cancer and is now helping other amputees through her Instagram blog, is looking forward to a…
Daddy duties are worry free for Martin thanks to C-Leg technology
When Martin Tweedie found out he was going to become a father, the aspiring Paralympian had one thing in mind – to hold his newborn…
New innovative adapter allows lower limb amputees to quickly and easily change their prosthetic feet
Ottobock has unveiled a new product to enable lower limb amputees to change their prosthetic feet faster than they can change their shoes. Quickchange is…
Ottobock C-Leg helps woman get back to her best
A rare reaction to a common germ led to 41-year-old Debbie Searle losing her leg, but she is now getting back to her best with…
Pioneering prosthesis allows man to partake in the world’s biggest cycling festival
Courtenay Humphreys, a former police officer who lost his leg above the knee in a motorcycle accident, has been using an electrified mountain bike and…
New prosthetic leg transforms woman’s life
Whether it’s climbing up the side of the O2 Arena in Greenwich or scaling the heights of a treetop assault course, nothing is too big…
NHS funding for advanced prosthetic technology imminent
Amputees in England living with above-knee limb loss are awaiting the imminent decision from the NHS for funding approval of a vital and necessary policy; Clinical…
Patient fitted with world’s most technologically advanced prosthetic leg
"Rehabilitation is a long and painful process, both psychologically and physically." Alan Denver, of Glenavy, Northern Ireland, has become the first patient to be fitted…