Bharat CPO’s O&P Technology category explores the tools shaping modern prosthetics and orthotics in India, from 3D scanning, CAD/CAM and additive manufacturing to smart components, digital workflows, AI design, materials, clinical software and data-driven rehabilitation. It highlights innovations that help CPOs improve accuracy, efficiency, access and patient outcomes across Indian clinical, educational and fabrication settings.
Technology
Hyderabad-based deep-tech company Makers Hive is drawing attention for its work in affordable bionic prosthetics, particularly through KalArm, a lightweight, 3D-printed myoelectric hand designed to restore functional independence for upper-limb amputees. The company’s work was recently highlighted through the story of Vamsi, a young user who lost his hand
Technology
For decades, prosthetic foot selection has depended on a combination of clinical judgement, patient goals, component catalogues, trial fitting, supplier availability and reimbursement constraints. A Pittsburgh-based medtech company, Humotech, is trying to change that process by allowing amputees to test different prosthetic foot behaviours before a final prescription is made.