Knoxville, TN, February 9, 2009 - ­­The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) announced Otto Bock HealthCare as the organization’s inaugural corporate Diamond Sponsor. The Diamond Sponsorship at $60,000 is the nonprofit organization’s highest level of corporate sponsorship.

Sponsorship provides resources for many ACA programs that serve the approximately 1.7 million people in the United States with limb loss.

Otto Bock HealthCare, a leading supplier of prosthetic devices, has offices and facilities in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Tempe, Arizona.

“Throughout our 90 years in prosthetics, our mission has been to offer people with limb loss as much independence and mobility as possible,” said Brad Ruhl, Otto Bock HealthCare’s vice president of marketing and sales. “By giving to the ACA, we support a group with similar values and direction, and we congratulate the ACA and all its members on their accomplishments.”

Otto Bock HealthCare has a long history of sponsoring ACA programs and services. The company has been a major sponsor of the ACA National Conference for many years, providing funding for educational sessions and social events. Additionally, Otto Bock HealthCare is a longtime key contributor to the Amputee Coalition Youth Camp through its employee giving program and corporate matching funds program.

“On behalf of our board, staff and membership, I’d like to welcome Otto Bock HealthCare into its enhanced role with with our organization,” said Kendra Calhoun, ACA’s president and CEO. “Otto Bock’s sponsorship will help us impact many lives.”

With Otto Bock HealthCare’s generous support, the Amputee Coalition will be able to strengthen its programs and services, including providing support for a national Lobby Day in Washington, D.C., for amputees who do not have adequate insurance coverage for prosthetic devices. Through this campaign, the Amputee Coalition is striving to ensure that every amputee has access to appropriate prosthetic products that can provide them a higher quality of life.

Otto Bock HealthCare produces more than 25,000 types of prosthetic and orthotic components and is most widely known for its C-Leg^® microprocessor-controlled knee.

For more information on Otto Bock HealthCare, visit the company’s Web site at www.ottobockus.com

About the Amputee Coalition of America                                                                               

The Amputee Coalition, based in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a national nonprofit organization that empowers people who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences through education, support and advocacy. For information on becoming an ACA member or making a donation, please visit the ACA Web site at www.amputee-coalition.org or call 888/267-5669.

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