By circumstance and design, crutches are not pleasant devices. If you need a set, it’s a good bet you did something that your knee, leg, or foot did not appreciate.In other words, crutches are just so darn depressing!Jeff Weber certainly thought so. Five years ago, the Minneapolis-based industrial designer broke his heel after falling off [...]

Exos Medical Corp. has raised $925,000 in equity to develop its high-tech casts and splints that have been worn by several notable athletes, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.The company’s casts and splints are billed as being waterproof, adjustable and X-ray friendly. That’s helped the start-up’s products gain favor with prominent athletes such [...]

Exos, a joint venture with Enova Medical Technologies in St. Paul and Product Innovations in Aspen, Colorado, has developed polymer materials that when layered with foam create a lightweight, moldable material that allows doctors to custom fit each cast and splint to the patient.