Firefly attending conferences in Cork and Wales this weekend.

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Firefly Orthoses are attending the SCPI Conference in Cork at the Rochestown Park Hotel and the Wales Podiatric Medicine Conference in Cardiff this weekend.

The SCPI conference is focusing on ‘Strength and Flexibility’ and Firefly’s Maurya and Eimear are attending with a full selection of sample Firefly products.  This event takes place on Saturday only.

Claire is flying the Firefly flag in Cardiff at the Wales Podiatric Medicine Conference in the Mercure Hotel which takes place on Friday and Saturday. 

Make sure to call to our stands if you are attending either of the conferences.

SOLS RX: The Firefly Opinion

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After concluding our SOLS RX trial programme, Firefly bring you an overview of the feedback collected regarding the prescription 3D printed custom made orthoses.

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Firefly visits Fortius Sport & Health – Vancouver.

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Firefly’s Martin McGeough continues his North American adventure as he visits Fortius Sport & Health in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.

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Firefly visits Canadian contract orthotic fabricator

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Martin McGeough’s North American tour moves north and into Canada where he’s visiting more contract orthotic fabricators.

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Firefly office hours during public holidays

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Firefly Orthoses wish to bring to your attention that our office will be closed on the following Irish public holidays:

Thursday 17th March  – St Patrick’s Day

Monday 28th March  – Easter Monday

Therefore, our office will close on the evening of Wednesday 16th of March at 5pm and reopen on the morning of Friday 18th of March at 9am. During Easter, our office will close on Friday 25th March at 5pm and reopen on Tuesday 29th March at 9am.

Firefly visits US contract orthotic fabricators

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Firefly Orthoses founder and Medical Director, Martin McGeough is continuing his travels across in the United States. Following his visit, last week, to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference ( AAOS ) Annual meeting in Florida, this week he is visiting contract orthotic fabricators.

Martin captured some interesting images during his visit.  There is almost a paradox at play in the process of orthotic manufacturing; the challenge of industrial production of entirely unique orthoses to meet patient anatomy.

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Firefly @ AAOS Annual Meeting – Florida.

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Firefly Orthoses are attending the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference in Orlando.

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Symposium: Bringing Legs to Life | Glasgow | June 7th

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We wish to bring to your attention the forthcoming symposium Bringing Legs to Life at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. The symposium will focus on the topic of ‘promoting viability and preserving tissue in the lower limb‘.  Keynote speaker for the event is Prof. Ben Lipsky, visiting Professor, Teaching Associate, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford.

This interactive event is open to all clinicians with an interest in the lower limb and will provide attendees with knowledge in recognising compromised tissue, preventing deterioration and promoting wound healing while adopting multidisciplinary approaches to ensure optimum patient outcomes.

The College will also host the Annual Faculty of Podiatric Medicine Dinner on the evening of Monday, June 6th, 2016 and the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine AGM on the morning of Tuesday, June 7th at 8.30am. Further information regarding the event can be found here.

Reminder: SOLS by Firefly trial questionnaire

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All Podiatrists taking part in the SOLS by Firefly trial have been issued a questionnaire to capture feedback on the product.  The questionnaire was delivered by email last week to all participating Podiatrists.

We wish to remind all those who have been issued with a questionnaire to please complete it.  If you wish to have your questionnaire re-issued please contact [email protected].

The questionnaire is in digital format, using Google Forms.  It takes no longer than 5 minutes to complete and captures extremely important feedback about your experience of using the SOLS Rx product.

The closing date by which to complete the questionnaire is Friday February 5th, after this date the Google Form will be closed.

SOLS Rx Launched at Annual Conference

Firefly launched the SOLS Rx trial at last year’s annual conference in Harrogate.  The trial saw almost 50 Podiatrists from across the UK, Ireland and further afield issued with a complementary pair of the 3D printed prescription orthoses.  SOLS produce their prescription Rx devices by capturing 3 photos of the patient’s feet via Apple’s IOS technology [iphone/ipad].  From the resulting images, data is extracted and rendered as orthoses by a laser sintering 3D printing process.

Thank you to all who have already completed the questionnaire and for the valued feedback.

Firefly Orthoses launch new website

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Firefly Orthoses wish to present our new, innovative website. We’re delighted to bring you a digital resource designed to offer greater insight in to our product range. Central to the design of the new website is the quick and easy access to the resources of most value to Podiatrists.

Functionality

The new website is designed with the Podiatrist in mind, presenting Firefly’s range of custom made orthoses in an innovative format. By clicking on any image of our custom orthoses on the Products page, the Podiatrist is presented with a photographic image of the selected orthosis accompanied by a highly descriptive, exploded style illustration of the orthosis. To the right of the visual representations of each orthoses is found the Lab Standard Description of each product. This details the various materials that feature in the device, suitable device application, optional shell materials and the level of control the device offers.

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Product display

At Firefly we pride ourselves on how we provide support to our customers. Our Technical Support Department interact with Podiatrists across the UK and Ireland, on a daily basis, via phone and email. The website now offers Podiatrists direct access to our Technical Support staff through the contact form on the Technical Support page.

Education

Knowledge is power and at Firefly we want to empower visitors to our website with a wealth of Podiatric knowledge by accessing our Education section. Our new website presents all three of Firefly’s Podiatric Biomechanic Symposia alongside access to the A-Footprint Project newsletters and an extensive list of academic articles relevant to custom made orthoses and the wider field of Podiatry.

We hope you enjoy browsing the new website and that it becomes a resource your turn to regularly.