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Making a Difference: A Company Producing State-of-the-Art Prosthetics Comes to Philadelphia

By Timothy Churchill-WRTI

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Making a Difference: A Company Producing State-of-the-Art Prosthetics Comes to Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA –
Advanced Arm Dynamics, the foremost provider of upper-extremity prosthetics in the U.S., provides a niche product for amputees; most amputations are on the lower body. The company recently opened a Phila. clinic - their fourth nationwide. WRTI's TImothy Churchill speaks with the head prosthetist at the local clinic, and two recipients of their devices.