Founded in 2018 and located in Minneapolis, MN, LaunchPad O&P is a rising orthotic design and development company built on applied learning and clinical experience. 

LaunchPad designs and develops orthotic components and products based on the principles of functionality and comfort. We provide the innovation that allows practitioners to create positive outcomes, hence our tagline of “Innovating Outcomes”.

Our CEO and founder, Scott Hinshon, is a certified orthotist with over 25 years of experience specializing in pediatric lower extremity orthotics. Over the years, it became clear to Scott that there was a “gap” between the care he wanted to provide and the components and products that were available. Like any good orthotist, he experimented and improvised, which led to insights into new products and solutions.  

In 2003, Scott invented Snapstop, a posterior plantar flexion stop. Ottobock saw Snapstop at a regional AOPA conference and liked the product so much they entered into a distribution arrangement. Recognizing that others could benefit from his learning, Scott started LaunchPad in order to have a platform from which to launch innovative products that would improve outcomes. LaunchPad began selling Snapstop in 2018 through additional outlets along with our other products.

Our line of components (Pivot, Snapstop & X-tension) for thermoplastic and carbon fiber articulated Ankle Foot Orthosis (AFOs) are all designed to work together. For the first time, there is a family of components that work cohesively and systematically, opening up the possibilities for post-fitting tuning of articulated AFOs in order to create outcomes. These solutions were developed to meet the needs of the technician, practitioner, and patient. Common fabrication methods allow for easy product adoption and the opportunity to bring functional and attractive, low profile end products to your patients.

Additional products include Boosters, the first heel lifts specifically designed for AFOs. Time is money for an orthotist and having a “peel and stack” solution for adjusting the shank to vertical angle just makes sense. Rotators are de-rotation straps designed to help correct internal or external foot rotations that impair gait. While this is not a novel product, LaunchPad’s focus on functionality and comfort has led to the creation of a product that not only performs well, it is easy to fit and comfortable to wear.

LaunchPad continues to develop new and innovative solutions to common clinical presentations that impair gait. Our approach to development is built on a multidisciplinary approach, applied learning, experience, creativity, passion, empathy, risks, failures, determination and most of all, a genuine interest to make a difference.

Our products are sold through distributors in over 37 countries all over the world. In the United States, we are carried by every major distributor including, Ottobock, SPS, Cascade, PEL, and Empire Medical. We continue to gain visibility and adoption as practitioners use our products and experience the results for themselves. The feedback from our customers has been overwhelmingly positive and has helped us improve our products over time. All LaunchPad products come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.  

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