News
Limb Loss Awareness Month
March 31st 2022
It is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, and we want everyone in the community to know that your ordinary is extraordinary. Share what makes you extraordinary during this month. Post a video, picture, or story, and make sure to tag the Amputee Coalition and @yankebionics so your…
Innes Job Fair
March 18th 2022
We had so much fun at the job fair.
Children from 7 local schools were bussed in to learn about a variety of career fields. We saw over 200 middle school students and spoke to them about what we do.
The students had great questions and really enjoyed seeing our…
Yanke Bionics 3D Walkabout
February 11th 2022
Yanke Bionics has a new 3D Printing facility.
We wanted to show it off a little and do a little stroll around our lab.
More videos are coming that will showcase our fantastic technology and hard-working staff.
Check us out on social media @yankebionics for more updates and videos.
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After Amputation, Ohio Police Officer Returns To Work
October 17th 2019
Yanke Bionics is honored to be a part of Joe's journey back to full active duty. Below is his detailed story from The Columbus Dispatch.
Joe Hepler didn’t think it was that bad.
The Stow police officer was cleaning out the gutters of his two-story home in Tallmadge, a suburb of…
Yanke Bionics participated in the 17th Annual Tom Reed Memorial Golf Outing
August 17th 2019
This year's recipient of the Eastern Amputee Golf Association Scholarship was Kayla Fox. Her prosthetist Kevin Montini played in the even along with some of our other amputees to help raise money to continue these scholarships going forward. Kayla is currently attending Bowling Green State University in Toledo.
For more…
Edwin Shaw Challenge Golf
August 3rd 2019
Golf has proven to be a wonderful way for people with disabilities to refocus on their abilities and redirect their thoughts to the positive side of life.
Recreational therapists developed the concept of Challenge Golf, as a means of providing therapeutic benefits to persons recovering from strokes, spinal cord injuries,…
23rd annual Tom Gearhart Memorial Challenge Golf Outing
July 26th 2018
Yanke Bionics was very fortunate to participate in the 23rd annual Tom Gearhart Memorial Challenge Golf Outing on July 7th, 2018!
We had an opportunity to golf with some of our favorite patients! Good thing our prosthetic legs are made for uneven terrain because some of our golf shots landed in…
Patient Luis Rodriquez is Accepting No Limitations!
May 24th 2018
Master Sgt. Luis Rodriguez was a medic for the Army's 101st Airborne Division when he lost his leg to an IED attack in 2003. After almost 15 years, he is still going strong. The photo was taken in Moab Utah. Luis hiked 1.5 miles on rugged terrain to get to this…
So, what is it that we amputees really want?
May 23rd 2018
Written by Yanke Bionics Patient Michael Procop
In 2011, at the age of 61, I developed Charcots disease. This is a disease where the bones in the foot crumble. Between 2011 and 2014, I underwent four-foot surgeries. One was a reconstruction of the bones in my foot. Pins, plates, and…