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April 1999:
Announcing:
O&P and Rehabilitation Technology - Leipzig 2000
A Multinational Conference and Fair presented by the Federal Guild
Association (BIV) for Orthopedic Technology,
May 30 through June 3, 2000:

This is a first pre-conference information. Prints will follow by mail.
Please submit a draft abstract (headline and one paragraph only) and make a
first contact by e-mail if you are interested in presenting or exhibiting at
the world's largest O&P fair and exhibition in the year 2000.

Foreign (non-German) speakers, presenters and exhibitors please contact:
Dipl.-Ing. Wieland Kaphingst CPO (D) @ ortho-bio-med.llc
by e-mail: <Email Address Redacted> or to <Email Address Redacted>

First contacts by e-mail only please. We will mail the proper application
forms.
Thank you.


Speaker Information:

Subjects of the congress presentations:

I Orthotics for the lower and upper extremities
a) Pathology
b) Bio-mechanics
c) Orthotic design and patient management

II Prosthetics for the lower extremities
a) Amputation
b) Bio-mechanics
c) Prosthetic design and patient management

III Prosthetics for the upper extremities
a) Amputation
b) Bio-mechanics
c) Prosthetic design and patient management


IV Deformities of the spine and their orthotic management
a) a)Anatomy and pathology
b) Bio-mechanics
c) Orthotic design and follow up
d) Post- spinal implant management
e) Custom seat support orthoses
V Rehabilitation technology
a) Custom seating and therapeutic aids
b) Customized wheel chair patient management
c) ADL's
d) Anti-Decubitus systems, seat sore and ulcer prevention

VI Medical devices and medical technology
a) Medical hosiery
b) Home Health Care devices
c) Incontinence, stoma, enteral nutrition
d) Gerontologic needs
e) Oxygen and inhalation therapy

VII Design, material and manufacturing procedures

VIII Testing and measuring techniques
a) Gait analysis
b) Non-contact measuring
c) Pressure gauging

IX Future
a) Neuro-physiological aspects of orthotic management
b) The use of networks in orthopaedic and rehabilitation technology
c) Intelligent prosthetic components
d) Cost- benefit considerations

X Special areas of care
a) Technology - transfer / alternative training in non-industrialised
countries
b) b)Paediatric care
c) Diabetes care
d) Post polio care
e) Management of post land mine injuries

Exhibitor Information:
Product groups for exhibition:

O&P:
Prostheses
Orthoses
Abdominal orthotics and soft tissue braces
Bandages
Custom shoes and foot orthoses
Raw and auxiliary materials and supplies

Rehabilitation technology
Wheelchairs and their custom modification
Vehicles for the handicapped and their conversions
Patient lifters and transport aids
Seat support orthoses
Walking aids and other mobility devices
Physical therapy-, training and fitness equipment
Hospital beds and special care beds
Aids for pressure sore prevention
Aids for daily living (ADL's)

Non-custom O&P products and durable medical devices
Medical compression hosiery
Mastectomy Epitheses
Stoma care
Incontinence care
Enterale nutrition
Health care supplies, bandages and hygiene articles
Hot and cold treatment
Functional clothing and shoes
Non-prescription drugs; Off-the-shelf products
Massage devices
Respiratory therapy devices
Electromagnetic or short wave therapy devices
Electrical stimulators (TENS)
Blood pressure and blood sugar measuring equipment devices
Communication aids

Equipment for O&P workshops and shops and labs
Hand tools, power tools and laboratory equipment
Measuring and alignment techniques
Shop design and decoration
Data processing office systems
Computer-aided measuring and design systems
Computer-aided design and manufacturing systems (CAD-CAM)
Medical and technical information
Medical science bookshops and publishers
Medizinisch-wissenschaftliche Institutionen
Information booths: Social insurance agencies, rehabilitation units,
clinics, medical science institutions


Thank you for considering to participate, present and/or exhibit in the
Leipzig 2000 O&P and Rehab-Technology conference and fair.
We appreciate your participation and active input.


Dipl.-Ing. Wieland Kaphingst CPO (D)
ortho-bio-med.llc
International Consultants

Please contact:


<Email Address Redacted>
or
<Email Address Redacted>