Yes, 2019 marks the 65th birthday of Dankmeyer, Inc. Started September 29, 1954, Dankmeyer has been in prosthetic and orthotic patient care since just after the Korean War.

Dankmeyer Inc. was founded to provide prostheses and orthoses to patients in Maryland and nearby communities. The practice developed and has maintained an excellent reputation throughout the community and has relationships with all of the medical teaching institutions in the area as well as most of the private hospitals and insurers. The practice was founded on the principle of being sensitive to the needs of the community and providing services to meet those needs. We were founded by Charles “Herb” Dankmeyer, himself a bilateral below the knee amputee. Dankmeyer, Inc is now the largest provider of orthoses and prostheses in the State of Maryland.

Dankmeyer can claim a number of “firsts" in its lengthy service, both nationally and regionally:

Proportional switch control of upper limb prostheses
Single control site, multiple joint control upper limb prostheses
Powered shoulder system for upper limb prostheses
Total contact above knee suction sockets
All plastic sockets
Total contact below knee sockets
Hydraulic knee control systems
Pneumatic knee control systems
Variable friction knee control systems
Self suspending below elbow prostheses
Immediate postoperative prostheses
Preparatory prostheses
Self suspending below knee prostheses
Articulating partial foot prostheses
Myoelectric controlled upper limb prostheses
Endoskeletal lower limb prostheses
Natural skin finishes on lower limb prostheses
Plastic lower limb orthoses
Plastic upper limb orthoses

Dankmeyer staff, some of whom have been a part of the company for forty years, continue to serve the community in four office locations, and in a number of clinic environments. We continue to incorporate new techniques, train new residents and interns, teach new students at a variety of educational institutions, continue individual professional education efforts, and support a number of community events by sponsorship and volunteering.