The OPRA™ Implant System has helped hundreds of amputees to improve their quality of life since the first surgery in 1990. Read more about some of the users and how the OPRA™ Implant System has changed their life below.
Marine, Amputee and Race Car Driver Liam Dwyer joined the Marine Corps twice. His first stint took him to Iraq, where in January 2007, he was lucky to survive an IED explosion just yards away from the Humvee he’d only recently upgraded with armor plating. His tour complete and his body intact, Dwyer retired from […]
Read his story here.I can do whatever I want! If strength, perseverance and determination were measured by the size of the person, Carol Davis would break the mold. Carol Davis is a mother of twelve and a recepient of the OPRA Implant System. Following her win over cancer, she developed MRSA (bacterial infection) after a bug bite became […]
This is her storyThe 25th of October is a day Eric Mollaret will never forget. Eric was involved in a grievous motorbikeaccident that cost him his right leg. ’’A few seconds before everything was fine and a few secondslater, things were not so good. It all happened very quickly’’, says Eric.
This is his storyErik Ax was 46 years old when he lost his left leg in a hunting accident. At the time, he was working as an engineer in the midst of starting up his own business. Happily married and with two children, Erik had no intentions to change anything in his life.
This is his story“But the best thing as I see it is that it feels like this leg is my own. I also appreciate being able to cross my legs, which is something I really love and was not able to do for many years. I feel simply perfect with this leg, complete”
This is her storyIn 2006, Christoffer Lindhe lost both his legs and his left arm in a railway accident. Two years later, in 2008, Christoffer was standing on the starting blocks for the Paralympics in Beijing and today he is an entrepreneur and founder of Lindhe Xtend, a company that develops advanced prosthetic feet.
This is his storyA way back to life again “I had my whole life in front of me but when I got the news, it was like the end for me.” These are the words of Gloria Owusu who, at the age of 20, had to amputate her right leg. After the amputation, several years would follow of […]
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