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By TIMES STAFF WRITER
Published October 25, 2006
Prosthetic foot connects bay area to Iceland Where would a company in Iceland find a sensor for its high-tech prosthetic foot? Try Sensor Systems LLC in St. Petersburg. The company, which has about 130 employees, had been making sensors for use in prosthetic knees for several years. It began shipping parts for Ossur’s Proprio Foot, priced $12,000 to $18,000, about 18 months ago. The sensor helps amputees negotiate stairs by constantly measuring the foot’s angle, ensuring it is correctly positioned for the next step. Sensor Systems’ president, Nancy Preis, said Ossur sought out her company, which makes sensors for military, medical and commercial use, and ships a few hundred foot sensors a year.
Hospital planning to hire new CEO St. Anthony’s Health Care president and CEO Ford Kyes will be out of a job at the end of November. BayCare Health System CEO Stephen Mason on Tuesday said the St. Petersburg hospital wants an executive with a different set of skills for the future. Top priorities include good skills building relationships with medical staff and experience in outpatient services, which are growing in importance. Kyes, 51, was named St. Anthony’s chief operating officer in 2000 and chief executive in 2002. Dr. Teresa Bradley will serve as interim administrative officer. Mason said plans are to have a new CEO in place by mid February.
Bank to get hoopla along with charter American Momentum Bank will be the 15th bank to get a state charter this year, but it’ll be getting more attention than the other 14. Don Saxon, commissioner of the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, will be in Tampa today to present the charter. “Inasmuch as they’re establishing a new milestone and raised 100-million in capital to open, we thought it would be appropriate to come by,” he said. Also expected to be on hand are at least a couple of the impressive directors, including Mel Sembler, former ambassador to Italy, and Lee Arnold Jr., founder of Colliers Arnold.
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