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In collaboration with the Military Health Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE), the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Humotech is helping lead a new groundbreaking study aimed at informing the prescription of ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) with an emulation strategy powered by Humotech's Caplex® System.

We're proud to support this multi-site study and aim to enable evidence-based decision-making in orthotics to improve mobility outcomes and patient experience.

Read more: https://buff.ly/jX46Q99

Please join us in welcoming Jessica Zeff, JD, CHC, CHPC, to the Humotech team as our HIPAA Compliance Officer.

With more than 25 years of experience in healthcare compliance, privacy, and governance, Jessica brings deep expertise that will support Humotech's continued growth in healthcare technology. We're excited to have her on board and look forward to the impact she'll make as part of our team.

Learn more about Jessica: https://buff.ly/UmlNQHM

We had a great morning at the Industry 4.0 Teacher Academy this week!

A special shoutout to Humotech’s COO, Candice Caputo, for representing Humotech on the industry panel and sharing her perspective on innovation, Industry 4.0, and the technologies shaping the future of work.

The panel was a fantastic opportunity to connect with educators and fellow industry leaders and share real-world experiences that can help inspire the next generation of manufacturing talent.

Thank you to Catalyst Connection and Digital Foundry at New Kensington for bringing industry and education together and creating opportunities like this.

And a big thank-you to the rest of the panel:
• Nate Homitsky, VP of Information — Aerotech, Inc.
• Cynthia Rogers, Senior Communications Strategist — The Barnes Global Advisors
• Rob Mrozek, Sr. Manufacturing Innovation & Efficiency Project Coordinator — Coherent Corp.
• Scott Dietz, Catalyst Connection — Moderator

We appreciated the great conversations, meaningful connections, and opportunity to be part of such an important discussion!

“I didn’t realize it was possible to demo different devices.”

This quote from amputee and journalist Chris Egert a recent piece in the Amplitude Media Group strikes a cord with us here at Humotech.

The piece highlights a challenge many patients face: making life-changing prosthetic decisions without fully understanding all of their options.

This is why we've worked so hard to develop the Clinical Caplex®️ System, designed to make it easier to trial different foot options and capture experiental data.

Read the article: https://buff.ly/L9iyQo5

The Questions That Changed Everything - Amplitude TV news anchor and amputee Chris Egert shares the questions he wishes he'd asked before getting his first prosthesis—and why self-advocacy matters throughout prosthetic care.

July is Disability Pride Month, a time to celebrate the strength, perspectives, and contributions of people with disabilities while recognizing the importance of accessibility, inclusion, and equal opportunity.

At Humotech, we're inspired by the individuals, clinicians, researchers, and innovators working to advance mobility and create technologies that help more people participate fully in their communities and daily lives.

This month and every month, we're committed to supporting a more accessible future through collaboration, innovation, and a belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive.

We're proud to share that Dr. Josh Caputo, Founder and CEO of Humotech, will serve as a panelist at the IEEE/ACM Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems, and Engineering Technologies (CHASE 2026) on August 5 in Pittsburgh. As part of the Industry Panel, Josh will join leaders from across the connected health ecosystem to discuss the path from innovative research to real-world healthcare impact.

Learn more: https://buff.ly/X6OyJ9m

An abstract featuring Humotech's Caplex® System will be presented at Military Health's MHSRS 2026 in research led by Dr. Kota Takahashi: "𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘈𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳."

The study demonstrates how prosthetic emulation technology can be used to rapidly evaluate pylon stiffness and better understand the interaction of prosthetic components during walking.

Congratulations to the research team, including Humotech co-authors Dr. Josh Caputo and Carl Curran. If you're attending MHSRS, be sure to check out Dr. Takahashi's presentation.

Additional co-authors: Chelsea J. Haddy, Emma C. Caringella, Trevor D. Kingsbury, Matthew J. Major

Congratulations to Hiva Razavi, Manal Mustafa, Keegan J. Moore, and Philippe Malcolm on their publication, 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Utilizing Humotech's Caplex® System, the team investigated how targeted force oscillations can influence walking energetics and biomechanics. It's exciting to see researchers continue to push our understanding of human movement using flexible, data-driven tools.

Read the report: https://buff.ly/IyLCW7i

Humotech is happy to work with our friends at Case Western Reserve University on their Open-Source Leg (OSL) project.

We’re looking forward to seeing how their ongoing research contributes to the broader OSL community and shared progress in mobility research.

Learn more about the Open Source Leg community: https://buff.ly/YIJHwEb

Happy 4th of July from Humotech 🇺🇸

Independence Day is a reminder that progress is built over time—through persistence, shared effort, and a focus on improving everyday outcomes.

It’s also a time to step back, spend the day with family and friends, and reflect on what independence means in our own lives and communities.

Humotech is closed in observance today, and will resume normal operations on Monday.

Have a safe and fun holiday weekend!