Product Details
- Government, Healthcare
- Healthcare
- CDMRP OPORP
The Platform
- Full-sized Caplex System
- PRO-002, PRO-003, EXO-010
- Caplex GUI, Caplex Controllers, in development mechanical characterization software
Ready to Work Together?
- (412) 301-5083
- sales@humotech.com
- Pittsburgh, PA USA
About Project
Utilizing emulation to provide a means to rapidly test-drive enable evidence-based personalized prescriptions to optimize patient outcomes and justify reimbursement has been one of Humotech’s primary objectives since the company’s inception. Foundational research & development began at Carnegie Mellon University, and then was licensed to Humotech and further developed & evaluated by a variety of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) research centers. This work started with emulating prosthetic feet test-drive strategies, with an emphasis on optimizing subjective patient satisfaction outcomes, and is now expanding in a variety of directions including the use of balance-related outcomes and emulation of ankle-foot orthoses, to name a few.
Phase 1
“A Prosthetic Foot Emulator to Optimize Prescription of Prosthetic Feet in Veterans and Service Members with Leg Amputations”
Lead by David Morgenroth at the VA Puget Sound, along with second and third study sites at the VA Minneapolis lead by Andrew Hansen and the Brook Army Medical Center lead by Lee Childers, and support related to subjective outcome measures from Brian Hafner.
Phase 2
“A Prosthetic Foot Test-Drive Strategy for Improving Stability and Falls-Related Outcomes in Veterans with Leg Amputations”
Lead by David Morgenroth at the VA Puget Sound, with a second study site at the VA Minneapolis lead by Sara Koehler, and support related to balance-related outcome measures from Andrew Sawers.
Phase 3
“Optimizing Ankle-Foot Orthotic Prescription Using an Emulation Test-Drive Strategy”
Lead by Brad Hendershot at Walter Reed, with a second study site at the VA Puget Sound lead by David Morgenroth.
Key Collaborators
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Center for Limb Loss and MoBility (CLiMB)
David Morgenroth
Beth Halsne
University of Washington
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Brian Hafner
David Morgenroth
Minneapolis VA Health Care System
VA Minneapolis Rehabilitation & Engineering Center for Optimizing Veteran Engagement & Reintegration (RECOVER)
Andrew Hansen
Sara Koehler
University of Minnesota
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Andrew Hansen
Sara Koehler
Brooke Army Medical Center
Center for the Intrepid
Lee Childers
University of Illinois at Chicago
Locomotor Rehabilitation Laboratory
Andrew Sawers
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Uniformed Services University
Brad Hendershot
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Featured Press
Inside the massive 1930s research campus where Humotech is building the future of prosthetics
By Boaz Frankel at NEXTpittsburgh
MassRobotics Announces 5th Cohort of Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst Program
By MassRobotics
Exoskeletons, digital twins and vehicle-to-everything technology are advancing the frontiers of workplace safety
By Pittsburgh Business Times
Harmar-based Humotech helps amputees “try on” prosthetic feet with one device
By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
NASBITE International Honors Humotech as an Outstanding Exporter
NASBITE International Press Release
Humotech and ēlizur Launch Clinical Pilot to Advance Data-Driven Prosthetic Care in Pittsburgh and Beyond
Humotech Press Release
Precision Prosthetics: Humotech’s Caplex™ System Powers Data-Driven Care
By The Pittsburgh Technology Council
Featured Research Publications
Assessing the effects of prosthetic foot stiffness and foot preference on stability, balance confidence, and satisfaction in transtibial prosthesis users: Protocol for a randomized, participant-masked crossover trial using a ‘test-drive’ strategy
Ho T, Halsne EG, Koehler-McNicholas SR, Hansen AH, Sawers A, Caputo JM, Curran CS, Lloyd A, Cave J, Morgenroth DC. (2025) PLOS One.
Emulating the effective ankle stiffness of commercial prosthetic feet using a robotic prosthetic foot emulator: a methods and validation study
Halsne EG, Curran CS, Caputo JM, Hansen AH, Hafner BJ, Morgenroth DC. (2022) ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.
Prosthetic forefoot and heel stiffness across consecutive foot stiffness categories and sizes
Turner AT, Halsne EG, Caputo JM, Curran CS, Hansen AH, Hafner BJ, Morgenroth DC. (2022) PLOS ONE.
Comparing forefoot and heel stiffnesses across commercial prosthetic feet manufactured for individuals with varying body weights and foot sizes
Ruxin T, Halsne EG, Turner AT, Caputo JM, Curran CS, Hansen AH, Hafner BJ, Morgenroth DC. (2022) Prosthetics & Orthotics International.
Effects of shear force reduction during mechanical testing and day-to-day variation on stiffness of commercial prosthetic feet: a technical note
Halsne EG, Turner AT, Curran CS, Hansen AH, Hafner BJ, Caputo JM, Morgenroth DC. (2022) Prosthetics & Orthotics International.
Ready to Work Together?
- (412) 301-5083
- sales@humotech.com
- Pittsburgh, PA USA
