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Otto Bock is a German prosthetics company situated in Duderstadt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Otto Bock Healthcare wins the red dot: best of the best three times in this year’s red dot award: product design )〕 It was founded in 1919 by its namesake prosthetist, Otto Bock (1881–1960). It was created in response to the large number of injured veterans from World War I. The Otto Bock Corporation has been responsible for several innovations in prosthetics, including the pyramid adapter (a highly adjustable linkage for prosthetic parts) and the C-Leg, a computerized knee that adaptively varies its passive resistance to suit the patients' different walking gaits. A medical science center ((ドイツ語:Science Center Medizintechnik)) is being built by the company in Berlin to celebrate 90 years of its foundation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 A Science Center for Otto Bock at Potsdamer Platz )〕 In 1958, a U.S.A.-based corporate headquarters was established in Minneapolis, Minnesota under the name Ottobock. , Ottobock is currently relocating their headquarters to Austin, Texas. The logistics facility will relocate to Louisville, Kentucky, and manufacturing will be moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. 〔http://www.oandp.com/articles/NEWS_2014-01-23_01.asp〕〔"Ottobock moves operations to Louisville" ''Lower Extremity Review'', April 2014, page 66.〕 == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Otto Bock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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