OTTO BOCK ANNOUNCES UNIQUE PLANTAR-FLEXION STOP
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA September 5, 2003- Otto Bock Health Care announced today the launch of the SNAPSTOP™, a new plantar-flexion stop for thermoplastic AFOs.
The new SNAPSTOP is a unique, modular system that allows stops to be interchanged without glues, screws, or any adaptations to the AFO. In addition to simplifying fabrication, it also allows the practitioner, therapist or even the patient, the flexibility to switch stops for different activities. The SNAPSTOP is available in adult and pediatric configurations, and in a variety of package put-ups, including kits with a full range of stops, as pairs, or as single stops.
“SNAPSTOP is one of those amazingly simple products that provide a clever solution to some remarkably complex problems,” stated Pat Chelf, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. “The opportunity to create a more accurate, adjustable, quieter, and yet easier-to-fabricate product motivated the inventor to develop this next-generation stop.”
Established in 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Otto Bock Health Care is the North and South American corporate headquarters of Otto Bock Healthcare, GmbH, based in Duderstadt, Germany. Otto Bock has more than 3,500 employees worldwide and produces over 20,000 types of prosthetic and orthotic components, rehabilitation products and technical plastics, and also provides information technology services.
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