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In 2014, after more than 30 years serving the Spinal Cord Injured Community, Mr. Frank E. Zeiss, Acting Manager and C.O.O. of Sigmedics Inc. (since 1996) generously donated the company to the Worldwide Alliance for Locomotion and Kinetics (W.A.L.K.) Nonprofit Foundation. The mission of W.A.L.K. Is to ensure the Parastep I™ System is available to those need it.  This donation will ensure that this innovative and life-affirming technology continues to be available to those who can benefit.

 

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10/27/2014

Sigmedics Inc. (http://www.sigmedics.com), the maker of the FDA approved Parastep I™ Computerized Functional Electrical Stimulation System which allows spinal cord injured patients to stand, walk and community ambulate, has been gifted to a new nonprofit foundation, the Worldwide Alliance for Locomotion and Kinetics (W.A.L.K.).



 The Parastep I™ System will continue to be made available to those who need it by W.A.L.K.  

 
Recent progress in spinal cord injury therapy, such as stem cell therapy, makes it even more important that patients preserve their bodies in hope of future repair!

 Radical new medical developments are fundamentally changing the way spinal cord injured patients are treated. Spinal cord injury patients need the walking physical therapy that can only be provided using the Sigmedics ParaStep I™. It preserves bone density and muscle mass, improves many bodily functions and emotional health of the spinal injury victim, all in the hopes of the many new treatments that are fast approaching.

In order to introduce the ParaStep I™ to physical therapists and patients and to celebrate our foundation’s mission, W.A.L.K. would like to give away one free Parastep I™ system to the patient who best answers the question “How a Parastep I™ will change my life” in a 100 word paragraph. Applicants will be screened for medical Insurance coverage and need.


Please visit http://www.sigmedics.com/form/contact-us to tell us about yourself and sign up for the contest!

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT (April 1st, 2003)

Date: April 1st, 2003

To: All Prospective Customers & Parastep I Clinical Centers

From: Sigmedics, Inc. Management

Re: Major National Coverage Determination Decision

CMS EXTENDS PARASTEP I SYSTEM COVERAGE

We are very pleased to announce that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as certain other major insurance carriers, announced that as of April 1st., 2003 they will cover under their respective policy plans payment for the purchase of the Parastep I System and for the costs associated with undergoing the required physical therapy gait training and instruction in system use (approximately 32 sessions), for qualified beneficiaries and clients. Medicare shall cover approximately 80% of system acquisition costs.

The price for a 6-channel Parastep I System has remained the same since its 1994 U.S. Food and Drug Approval for commercial marketing, at $ 12,780 + shipping, handling and insurance.

Specific HCPCS codes have been assigned by CMS for billing both the PT services (Gait Training Code # 97116), as well as for the durable medical equipment (DME) (Code # E0764).

Further information about the national coverage insurance decisions may be found by visiting:

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ncd/searchdisplay.asp?NCD_ID=175&NCD_vrsn_num=1 (please insert as a straight line) & http://www.aetna.com/cpb/data/CPBA0011.html

These recent exciting events obviously present a wonderful opportunity for hundreds of qualifying SCI individuals who otherwise may not have been financially able to access this technology, to now do so successfully.

With kind regards,

Frank E. Zeiss

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT (February 1, 2002)

Date: February 1, 2002

To: All Parastep I Clinical Centers

Re: Sigmedics, Inc.’s Relocation and Strategic Alliance Partnership

It is with great pleasure that we wish to advise you of Sigmedics, Inc.’s recent relocation from Wheeling, Illinois to Fairborn, Ohio. Though we are still in the process of settling down in our new location, we wanted to make sure that all of you had access to our new address and telephone/fax numbers, which appear on this letterhead.

Our relocation was prompted by a number of business reasons, the most compelling of which was the decision to form a strategic alliance with a group of old healthcare colleagues, business associates and friends from Fairborn, Ohio, who manage and operate a company by the name of Therapeutic Alliances, Incorporated (TAI).

In addition to their other rehabilitative products, TAI is an international neurorehabilitation leader in FES technologies for the spinal cord injured. The company offers the well known REGYS and ERGYS leg cycle ergometers, in addition to the NeuroEDUCATOR, a surface EMG feedback device for neuromuscular re-education, and the spectraSTIM, a standalone neuromuscular stimulator.

We believe that the alliance between Sigmedics and TAI will prove of added value and benefit to both our clinical associates as well as private users, by bringing forth the best of both companies’ products while serving as a catalyst for new product development. We strongly feel that the technologies represented by our respective companies compliment each other well, and will enhance your rehabilitation departments by providing more choices for your patients, while augmenting revenue generation.

For more information please contact us at the above address or telephone, or kindly visit our web site at: <sigmedics.com>. For information about TAI and its products please contact Mr. James Schorey, President, at (937) 879-0734, or visit their web site at: <musclepower.com>. Thank you.

With kind regards.

Frank E. Zeiss

Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer

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