Firefly’s Martin McGeough visits NUIG

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Firefly Founder and Medical Director, Martin McGeough visited National University of Ireland, Galway’s [NUIG] School of Health Sciences recently. Martin guest lectures to the University’s Podiatric Medicine students a number of times during the academic year. On his most recent visit, Martin spoke to student’s preparing for their final MSK assessments and also to 3rd year Podiatry students.

Aras Moyola, NUIG

Áras Moyola, NUIG

Firefly and NUIG

The University offers 25 places on the undergraduate course annually. Each year Firefly Orthoses welcomes a number of the courses undergraduates to Firefly HQ where they develop their practical experience and knowledge in the area of biomechanics.

Studying Podiatric Medicine

Since 2008 NUIG has been offering a degree in Podiatric Medicine. Their BSc in Podiatric Medicine is the only such course in the Republic of Ireland.  From the University’s Áras Moyola building they provide a state of the art Podiatric clinic accompanied by a surgical theatre.

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. ContractFabricator1 ContractFabricator2 ContractFabricator3 ContractFabricator4 ContractorFabricator5 ContractFabricator6 ContractFabricator7 ContractFabricator8 ContractFabricator9 contractfabricator10 contractfabricator11

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.