Otto Bock
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| Industry | Orthopaedic |
| Founded | Berlin, Germany (13 January 1919) |
| Founder | Otto Bock |
| Headquarters | Duderstadt, Germany |
Key people | Hans Georg Näder |
| Products | wheelchair, prosthetic, artificial limbs |
| Revenue | €456.9 million (2007) |
Number of employees | 3730 (2007) |
| Website | www.ottobock.com |
Otto Bock is a German prosthetics company situated in Duderstadt.[1]
It was founded in 1919 by its namesake prosthetist, Otto Bock (1881–1960). It was created in response to the large number of injured veterans from World War I.
The Otto Bock Corporation has been responsible for several innovations in prosthetics, including the pyramid adapter (a highly adjustable linkage for prosthetic parts) and the C-Leg, a computerized knee that adaptively varies its passive resistance to suit the patients' different walking gaits.
A medical science center (German: Science Center Medizintechnik) is being built by the company in Berlin to celebrate 90 years of its foundation.[2]
In 1958, a U.S.A.-based corporate headquarters was established in Minneapolis, Minnesota under the name Ottobock. As of April 2014, Ottobock is currently relocating their headquarters to Austin, Texas. The logistics facility will relocate to Louisville, Kentucky, and manufacturing will be moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. [3][4]
References
- ↑ "Otto Bock Healthcare wins the red dot: best of the best three times in this year’s red dot award: product design". Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ↑ "A Science Center for Otto Bock at Potsdamer Platz". Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ↑ http://www.oandp.com/articles/NEWS_2014-01-23_01.asp
- ↑ "Ottobock moves operations to Louisville" Lower Extremity Review, April 2014, page 66.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Otto Bock. |
- Otto Bock Healthcare Website
- Virginia government paper citing the 1969 invention of the pyramid adapter by Otto Bock
- Images of pyramid adapters, AKA "modular leg prosthesis"
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