Corporate Announcements
December 30, 2015
BionX Closes Round of Series E Funding
Company Raises $17 Million to Expand its Bionic Prosthetic Device Business
December 9, 2015
Collaboration between Ottobock and BionX
Ottobock Enters Exclusive Distribution of the BiOM Prosthetic Ankle in Select European Markets
September 28, 2015
BiOM® Changes Name to BionX™
New Name Highlights Company’s Core Competency in the Prosthetic Device Market
July 8, 2014
Carignan appointed CEO of Personal Bionics Company BiOM
BiOM welcomes Dr. Charles S. Carignan as President and CEO.
December 13, 2013
CMS Releases Fee Schedule
DME fee schedule for 2014 released.
December 11, 2013
BiOM® is Awarded CMS Reimbursement Code L5969
The BiOM T2 System has been granted a new Medicare Code for reimbursement.
June 24, 2013
iWalk is Changing Our Name to BiOM®
In completion of a yearlong rebranding and with the launch of a brand new website. iWalk will be changing their name to BiOM.
September 21, 2012
iWalk Founder Wins the 2012 Museum of Science Invented Here! Award
Founder Hugh Herr, PhD, received the prestigious Invented Here! Award from the Museum of Science, Boston, for his invention of the BiOM® Ankle System, the first true personal bionic intervention enabling natural movement for lower-limb amputees.
September 13, 2012
iWalk Raises $17 Million in Series D Financing
Personal Bionics Leader to Grow Product Portfolio and Global Commercial Operations
September 4, 2012
iWalk Showcases First Commercially Available Personal Bionics System
Interactive Exhibit Demonstrates the BiOM® Ankle System’s Ability to Emulate Muscles and Tendons and Enable People to Walk with the Same Gait and Effort as Non-Amputees
June 12, 2012
Personalized BiOM Bionic Lower Limb System Normalizes Gait for Above-Knee Amputee
BiOM AK System Restores Natural Function, Improving Health and Quality of Life
September 20, 2011
iWalk Unveils Network of iWalk Certified Bionics Centers
iWalk, the bionics company advancing technology to restore natural movement for lower-limb amputees, today announced the expanded availability of the PowerFoot BiOM (BiOM) through its initial iWalk Certified Bionics Centers.
September 1, 2011
New Scientific Research Proves iWalk’s PowerFoot BiOM Normalizes Walking for Lower-Limb Amputees
iWalk, the bionics company advancing technology to restore natural movement for lower-limb amputees, today announced the publication of positive findings from Proceedings B , the Royal Society’s flagship biological research journal.
March 28, 2011
Walter Reed Patients Receive the PowerFoot BiOM, the Newest and Most Advanced Prosthetic Technology
Walter Reed Army Medical Center patients were fit last week with a new bionic lower leg system called the PowerFoot BiOM, announced iWalk Inc., a leader in advanced robotic technology. The BiOM is the only prosthetic system that can actually restore lost muscle function of the foot, ankle and calf for lower leg amputees.
November 18, 2010
Preliminary results announce bionic prosthetic leg system can emulate metabolic cost of normal walking
Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, the Center for Intrepid announced preliminary results indicating that the PowerFoot BiOM by iWalk allows leg amputees to walk at normal metabolic cost thus allowing an amputee to walk normally
