Ottobock

Ottobock is a German med-tech company working on wearable human bionics since 1919, when Otto Bock co-founded the business in Berlin to make prosthetic components for soldiers returning from the First World War. Its headquarters has been in Duderstadt since 1947, and the company is still family-owned, controlled by the Näder family, the direct descendants of its founder.

The portfolio covers prosthetics, orthotics, wheelchairs and seating, and exoskeletons: microprocessor-controlled knees such as the C-Leg, the C-Brace leg orthosis, the multi-articulating bebionic hand, Juvo power wheelchairs and the Paexo range for ergonomic workplaces. Ottobock also runs its own patient care centres and works with clinics, therapists and dealers, so that it follows the whole treatment cycle rather than only the device.