Northeast Orthotics & Prosthetics

THE STORY: Mark Marich, an above-knee amputee since the age of 18, founded Northeast Orthotics & Prosthetics, which specializes in custom made prosthetic (artificial limbs) and orthotic devices for people of all ages, in Providence in 1985. His experience both as a patient and a prosthetist has given him firsthand personal knowledge and understanding of everyday life as an amputee. Marich was also the first person in the United States to use the C-Leg System, one of the world’s first microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knee units developed by Otto Bock.


› The company provides many custom fabricated items for patients at Rhode Island Hospital, such as custom fabricated ankle-foot orthotics, thoracic lumbar sacral orthoses for trauma and post-operation, as well as protective helmets for post-craniectomy and cranial remolding orthoses for infants suffering from plagiocephaly.

› Northeast Orthotics provides thousands of custom fabricated devices a year. More than 250 are lower-limb prostheses. Amputees, people with disabilities, people who have had accidents or significant trauma, or those in need of custom realignment or support within the skeletal system use Northeast Orthotics’ prosthetics.

› Each prothesis is made out of a nyglass (nylon fiberglass fabric), carbon fiber, aluminum and a two-part resin. The protheses costs are based on complexity. It costs $650 for a partial toe prosthesis to $60,000 for an above-the-knee prosthesis with a computerized knee unit. The majority of the cost is paid for by insurance companies.

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› It takes on average four to five weeks for a prosthesis, which includes evaluation, measurement, casting and multiple “test” fittings. In emergency cases, the company provides same-day turnaround for custom ankle-foot orthotics, thoracic lumbar sacral orthoses and protective helmets.

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