Accolades

2009 Highlights

• Össur President & CEO, Jon Sigurdsson chosen Iceland‘s Businessman of the Year – December 2009
• Össur is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen stock exchange – September 2009 
• Redesigned RHEO KNEE  is introduced to the market, solidifying Össur’s lead in Bionic Technology – September 2009
• Össur is nominated for the Nordic Selected CODE09 Award for the PROPRIO FOOT   – August 2009  
• High jump champion Toru Suzuki from Japan joins Team Össur  – June 2009 
• Össur and Stand TALL, a Hong Kong based charity, team up to provide prosthetics for victims of the Sichuan earthquake in China in 2008 – June 2009 
• Össur takes their widely known Flex-Foot technology to another level with the launch of the Vari-Flex with EVO – June 2009 
• Team Össur member April Holmes is nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Sports Award – May 2009 
• Continuing the tradition of enhancing established product lines, Össur introduces the new Iceross Cushion Liner  and Iceross Sleeve  - April 2009 
• Team Össur member Richard Whitehead breaks the three hour barrier at the 2009 Rome Marathon (22 March 2009). Richard's time of 2 hours, 56 minutes and 45 seconds was the fastest ever recorded by a leg amputee - March 2009

2008 Highlights

• Össur President & CEO, Jon Sigurdsson chosen Iceland‘s Businessman of the Year – December 2008
• Össur is awarded with the Charles D. Siegal President‘s Award by the Disability Rights Legal Center – November 2008
• Össur wins the Icelandic Marketing Firm of the Year Award at a ceremony lead by the President of Iceland - November 2008
• Team Össur members wow the world at the Beijing Paralympic Games, winning 11 Gold, 6 Silver and 4 Bronze medals. The Team also set 6 World records and 4 Paralympic records – September 2008
• The new Iceross Seal-In X5 liner is introduced and is now available for both transtibial (below-knee) and transfemoral (above-knee) amputees – September 2008
• CTi® knee braces join the social networking media with a home on MySpace www.myspace.com/ctikneebraces - September 2008
• Össur and Oscar Pistorius celebrate the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which rules that Oscar can again compete in IAAF-sanctioned events – May 2008
• The world‘s first intelligent prosthetic foot, the PROPRIO FOOT®, is featured on a postage stamp in Iceland – the very country in which Össur has its Head Office – May, 2008
• Team Össur member, Jeff Skiba, becomes the world‘s first amputee to clear seven feet in the men‘s high jump – May 2008
• TIME Magazine ranks Oscar Pistorius as one of the 100 most influential people of 2008 – May, 2008
• Inventor of Össur's Flex-Foot®, Van Philips, is nominated for the European Patent Office‘s European Inventor of the Year Award – April 2008
• Team Össur member Rudy Garcia-Tolson breaks World Record and is officially nominated to the 2008 US Paralympic Swimming Team – April 2008
• Ten year old Brendan Driscoll nominated as Child of the Year in his hometown of Cape Ann, MA – March 2008
• Össur Ambassador and President of the Woman‘s Sports Foundation, Aimee Mullins, appears in Vogue Magazine – March 2008
• Team Össur member April Homes received the 2008 Woman of the Year Award from the 78th Assembly District of California – March 2008
• Oscar Pistorius featured in an hour-long documentary called Extraordinary People, which airs on UK‘s channel 5 – March 2008
• Team Össur member Oscar Pistorius  is nominated for a prestigious Laureus Sports Award. He is among six nominees for the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award – February 2008
• The Association of Icelandic Economists awards Össur its annual Knowledge Award – February 2008

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2007 Highlights

• Forbes Magazine features Össur in an article called "Brace Yourself". The article focused on the company's rapid growth and future product development in the area of functional bracing - November 2007
• A distinguished panel of judges awarded Össur's PROPRIO FOOT® with a unique Innovation Award at the ninth international ORPROTEC tradeshow in Valencia, Spain - November 2007
• Össur's RHEO KNEE® wins its first Central European award, named as one of the six top products recognized by the Czech Ministry of Health - October 2007
• Following a private share placement, Össur welcomed Denmark's largest pension fund, ATP, as the fifth largest shareholder in the company - October 2007
• Össur Asia celebrates its first year of operation in Shanghai, China – October 2007
• Össur‘s PROPRIO FOOT™ wins the 2007 DaVinci Award – September 2007
• Össur‘s PROPRIO FOOT™ wins 2007 Medical Design Excellence Award – June 2007
• Össur Investor Relations wins the Nordic IR Awards. Össur's CEO Jon Sigurdsson and CFO Hjorleifur Palsson also received the Award for Best IR Support – June 2007
• CNN International features Össur's POWER KNEE and PROPRIO FOOT in an article called "Building the Bionic Body" – June 2007
• Össur‘s Vice President of Research & Development, Dr. Hilmar Janusson, named byBusiness Week as one of the Top Ten Cutting Edge Designers of the Year – June 2007
• Össur‘s PROPRIO FOOT receives the 2007 Gold Medical Design Excellence Award presented by Canon Communications – June 2007
• Team Össur member Oscar Pistorius receives high profile media attention during his first visit to Össur Americas. Oscar was featured on ESPN, ABC Evening News and Good Morning America – June 2007
• Össur‘s design expertise featured in the Icelandic Contemporary Design Exhibit being held from May-September as part of the Reykjavik Art Festival – Summer 2007
• Össur‘s PROPRIO FOOT nominated for the Icelandic Visual Arts Award for its exceptional design – May 2007
• Team Össur members Sarah Reinertsen and Oscar Pistorius featured in separate articles in The New York Times – May 2007.
• Team Össur member, Oscar Pistorius, was featured in an in-depth article in WIRED Magazine – March 2007.

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2006 Highlights

• The BBC television network in the UK features the PROPRIO FOOT on the national news and national program "Breakfast TV". The attention comes hot on the heels of articles published in the Manchester Evening News and on BBC Online - November 2006. 
• For the second consecutive year, Popular Science Magazine recognizes Össur with a Best Of What's New Award. This year, the PROPRIO FOOT receives the award in the Personal Health category – November 2006
• For the second year in a row Össur receives Frost & Sullivan 2006 Technology Innovation of the Year Award for Bionic Technology by Össur product platform which includes breakthrough products RHEO KNEE®, POWER KNEE™ and PROPRIO FOOT™ – October 30 2006
• On October 3rd NY Times features Össurs latest Bionic Technology product, PROPRIO FOOT™
• A comprehensive nine-minute segment on the nationally broadcast PBS news program NewsHour with Jim Lehrer entitled: "New High-tech Prostheses Being Developed for Amputees: As the number of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with missing limbs rises, researchers are working on developing better high-tech prostheses for amputees" focuses on Össur's POWER KNEE and Cheetah Flex-Foot. Team Össur member Sarah Reinertsen addresses a number of issues experienced by amputee athletes, as well – September 19 2006
• Amputee athlete Sarah Reinertsen participates in popular television show Amazing Race - September 2006
• The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating graphic piece describing Össur's POWER KNEE, how it works and the benefits to its users – August 10 2006
• Össur wins Investor Relations Award – July 2006
• Össur poster series and bionic packaging each win Medical Marketing Associations 2006 Bronze International Award
• Team Össur member Sarah Reinertsen receives 2006 ESPY award as Best Female Athlete with a Disability - This is the second year in a row that a Team Össur member receives an ESPY award.
• Los Angeles Times front page "Column One" story on prosthetics focuses largely on Össur's innovations – March 9 2006
• Össur's RHEO KNEE® and Cheetah Flex-Foot® featured at TED 2006 – February 2006
• Össur selected as a 2006 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, and participates in the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos – January 2006
• For the fifth time, Össur places high on the list of Europe's fastest growing companies

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2005 Highlights

• Össur named as one of the World Economic Forum's "Technology Pioneers" for 2006 - December 2005
• Össur's POWER KNEE™ wins Popular Science magazine's 2005 "Best of What's New" Award in the Personal Health category - November 2005
• Össur nominated for a World Technology Network Award in the Health and Medicine category - November 2005
• Team Össur member Sarah Reinertsen becomes the first female amputee to finish the Hawaii Ironman and accomplishes it using all-Össur prostheses - October 2005
• For the fourth time, Össur places high on the list of Europe's fastest growing companies, according to Europe's 500 Entrepreneurs for Growth Index, supported by Microsoft and KPMG - October 2005
• Hugh Herr, director of the Biomechatronics Group at The MIT Media Lab, and co-inventor of Össur's RHEO KNEE®, receives Popular Mechanics magazine's highest recognition, the Breakthrough Leadership Award - September 2005
• Össur is the recipient of the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Technology of the Year Award for its RHEO KNEE - September 2005
• Össur's Bionic platform wins the Medical Marketing Association's Gold International Award for best branding/corporate identity of the year - June 2005
• Össur's RHEO KNEE® in Technology Review magazine's "Top 10 Emerging Trends" - January 2005

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2004 Highlights

• Össur's RHEO KNEE featured in Time magazine's "Coolest Inventions of 2004"
• Össur's RHEO KNEE included in Fortune magazine's "25 Best Products of 2004"
• Team Össur sets 10 world records and wins a total of 13 gold, nine silver and seven bronze medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games - September 2004
• Team Össur member and double amputee Oscar Pistorius sprints to a sensational world record in the final of the 200 meters for single leg amputees, wearing two Össur's Cheetah® Flex-Foot®. Incredibly, he not only catches up with the rest of the field, he passes them, and takes the Gold in the 2004 Paralympic Games - September 2004
• "One of the Smartest Companies in the World" - Business 2.0 magazine features in-depth profile of Össur in its Smartest Companies in the World issue - August 2004
• King Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin of Ghana visits Össur's North American headquarters in California - July 2004
• Team Össur member Marlon Shirley - the fastest amputee in the world - becomes the first amputee to break the 11-second barrier in the 100m event with a time of 10.97 seconds, wearing Össur's Cheetah® Flex-Foot® - July 2003

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