Who makes Power Knee?

Power Knee is made by Ossur, based in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Where is Power Knee deployed?

No verified deployments of Power Knee are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.

Power Knee has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Power Knee · DEPLOY

Name: Power Knee
Brand: Ossur

Overview

Ossur's Power Knee is described as the world's first actively powered microprocessor prosthetic knee for above-knee amputees; a motor-powered 'smart' prosthesis that detects movement patterns and adapts to the wearer's speed and cadence in real time, enabling step-over-step stair ascent.

Verified vs. claimed

Verified deployments: None on file
Sources on file: 1 source, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for Power Knee.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (1)

https://www.ossur.com/en-us/prosthetics/knees/power-knee

Common questions

What is Power Knee?: Ossur's Power Knee is described as the world's first actively powered microprocessor prosthetic knee for above-knee amputees; a motor-powered 'smart' prosthesis that detects movement patterns and adapts to the wearer's speed and cadence in real time, enabling step-over-step stair ascent.
Who makes Power Knee?: Power Knee is made by Ossur, based in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Where is Power Knee deployed?: No verified deployments of Power Knee are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Power Knee safe?: Power Knee has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: wearable

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

No press coverage on file for Power Knee yet. Coverage appears here automatically as articles are ingested from our press sources.

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /models/ossur-power-knee.md
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/models/8e0a1d03-9601-4df4-9532-2cb2ee937c91
Revision history: /models/ossur-power-knee/history
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

DEPLOY Intelligence Score

0.0/ 100

vs 6 months ago

6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 71% of Wearable

Analysis

Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.

Signal flags

No new deployment (12 months)

Dimension breakdown

Safety Record

95.0LOW

Adoption Spread

11.8LOW

IP Activity

5.0LOW

Deployment Scale

0.0LOW

Market Presence

0.0LOW

DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.

Last computed: Jul 3, 2026

Intelligence layer