Bone Health Technologies Inc. may be on the verge of upstaging a common drug therapy, but don’t tell them to break a leg. The San Francisco-based company’s Osteoboost Vibration Belt received a U.S. FDA breakthrough designation for technology that delivers gentle stimulation to reduce bone loss and prevent osteoporosis with the goal of reducing the number of potentially devastating broken bones in the elderly.
Bone Health Technologies, creator of the OsteoBoost Vibration Belt that promises to reduce the risk of osteoporosis, has been granted “Breakthrough Device” designation by the US Food & Drug Administration.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given “Breakthrough Device” designation to a vibrating belt that lowers the risk of bone fractures caused by osteoporosis.
FDA grants breakthrough device designation to a belt that uses proprietary vibration technology to stop the progression of bone loss and prevent the onset of osteoporosis.
In 2014 Dr. Shane Mangrum was reading a medical journal, staying up to speed on the latest medical advances, when he came across an article regarding vibration technology. Developed by NASA for astronauts, vibration platforms were created to prevent bone loss as a result of being in space. As a…
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