BionX™ Medical Technologies

About:

BiOM is engaged in developing the PowerFoot One, an ankle-foot device providing active amputees with near-normal gait.

Website: http://www.bionxmed.com

Twitter/X: BionXMed

Top Investors: General Catalyst, National Science Foundation, MIT Media Lab, Gilde Healthcare, Sigma Partners

Description:

BiOM (fromerly iWalk) is a Massachusetts based company whose sole product is the PowerFoot One. The Powerfoot One has two powerful microprocessors and six environmental sensors evaluate and adjust ankle position, stiffness, damping and power thousands of times a second. Control algorithms generate human-like force while traversing level ground, slopes and stairs, providing active amputees with near-normal gait and lower energy expenditure compared to state-of-the-art passive prosthetics.