Press for iWalk

Gary Ptak and Craig Shook came to the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center for a “tune-up,” so to speak.  They’re fine, it’s their new bionic ankles that need some adjusting.

A Dayton company introduced some revolutionary technology Monday.
Optimus Prosthetics on North Dixie Drive, unveiled the PowerFoot BiOM.
It's made by i-Walk and is the world's first artificial limb system that actually uses robotics to replicate muscles and tendons.

Hugh Herr created the world's first bionic lower limb system.

A Petal man is the first to receive one of the most advanced prosthetics through the VA Hospital.   
Vietnam Veteran Steve Hendricks took the first steps on his bionic foot Thursday.  Hendricks lost part of his leg in 2000, to a blood clot.