News Archive

2016-12-02

A revolutionary phantom limb pain treatment

Neuromotus is a revolutionizing technology to relieve Phantom Limb Pain. The technology has been proven in a clinical trial with good results. The results have recently been published in the medical journal The Lancet. The technology is in the final stage of development. Please read more at our new product website Neuromotus.se and sign up […]

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2016-11-08

UCSF Medical Center performs Osseointegration crowdfunding campaign

UCSF Medical Center is planning to treat several Transfemural (above the knee) patients on a yearly basis. Apart from hospital expenses, patients traveling from across the nation will have to find resources to cover the cost of lodging and travel in order to have the first clinical screening, as well as surgery and aftercare. UCSF […]

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2016-11-02

Integrum’s Research Director, Dr. Max Ortiz Catalán is the winner of the 14th Annual Delsys Prize

Dr. Max Ortiz Catalán winning proposal, titled “Myoelectric pattern recognition and augmented reality for the treatment of Phantom Limb Pain”, was selected from a field of 134 entries from 29 countries. The entries represented a remarkably broad range of interests in diverse areas as Biomechanics, Exercise Physiology, Signal Processing, Facial EMG, Robotics, Rehabilitation, and various […]

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2016-10-15

Sweden wins medal in the Cybathlon competition, “cyborg Olympics”, at the Swiss Arena in Zürich

The first recipient of our osseointegration and neural control technology competed on 8 October in the Cybathlon, an event aimed at pushing the technological boundaries to reduce disability. More than 8,000 spectators and 700 journalists covered this initial event. Despite being the only participant with an above-elbow amputation, a disadvantage when competing against below-elbow-amputees, the […]

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2016-05-04

The first US surgery has successfully been performed at UCSF

UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco is the first U.S. center to proceed with an OPRA program. This unique program gives amputees new hope for better prosthesis. The historic first U.S. surgery with the Integrum OPRA System took place last week. The patient receiving the implant is a 54-year-old man who lost most of his right leg due to […]

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2016-04-17

Kerstin Hagberg in the latest issue of “Fysioterapi”

Physiotherapist Kerstin Hagberg, associate professor at the Centre of Orthopaedic Osseointegration (COO) at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, is in the latest issue of the Swedish magazine “Fysioterapi”. In the article, you can read about Kerstin’s work and how the OPRA Implant system has change the life for a young Swedish man. Read the article here (Swedish)

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2016-04-05

Dr. Brånemark featured speaker at IAA Conference

The founder of Integrum, Dr. Rickard Brånemark , is one of the featured speakers at the 30th Annual meeting of the International Anaplastology Association to be held June 1-4, 2016 in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Take the opportunity to listen to Dr. Brånemark and his presentation “Osseointegration for Orthopedic Applications” on 2 June at 2.05 pm. Read […]

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2016-01-02

News report

ABC 7 News have done a news report about the OPRA Implant System that is currently being tested at the University of California, San Francisco. The report can be read here

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