Wednesday, May 14, 2008
3:00 p.m.
Gaylord Hospital
400 Gaylord Farm Road, Wallingford, CT 06492

Thursday, May 15,  2008
4:00 p.m.
Tully Health Center
32 Stamford, CT 06902

Thursday, June 5, 2008
11:30 a.m.  or   1:30 p.m.
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
785 Mamaroneck Ave.
White Plains, NY 10605

The computer-controlled C-Leg and Compact artificial legs are quantum leap in prosthetics and a dramatic improvement over all other lower limb prosthetics. Lower limb amputees will have the opportunity to experience the use of one in conjuction with the Otto Bock RoadShow:

Using on –board sensors and microprocessors to anticipate and adapt to a person’s movement, the C-Leg immediately adjusts 50 times per second to changes in walking speed and direction, providing kneed stability the moment it is needed. These features allow users to walk down stairs and ramps. One user credits the C-Leg with saving his life as the new limb enabled him to quickly negotiate 70 flights of stairs and escape before the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11; another has returned to flying for the air force as a Special Air Missions pilot at Andrews Air Force Base, making Department of Defense history as the first above-knee amputee to fly for the military. High-tech prosthetics are also a recognized standard of care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and used in the treatment of injured military returning from overseas.

The RoadShows provides our skilled prosthetists at New England Orthotic and Prosthetic Systems and MN-based Otto Bock Health Care to facilitate patient fittings and to provide on going educational information.

The Otto Bock RoadShow is a wonderful way for NEOPS to share their passion for technology and education with local amputees.

To attend or participate in a RoadShow please contact Traci Kilmartin at 1-888-551-8588 or info@neops.com.