The prosthetics field’s main problem isn’t just designing better devices — it’s the lack of data to guide which device is best for each patient, according to one executive in the space.

Josh Caputo, CEO of HumoTech , said he realized this as he was beginning his career as a prosthetic engineer.

“I thought I’d invent the next greatest robot foot. I realized some of the interesting challenges in the prosthetics industry that limit companies’ abilities to scale, and I wanted to do something about that meta problem,” Caputo said this week during a talk at Reuters’ MedTech conference in Boston.

His company, which is based in Pittsburgh, has developed a robotic test platform that allows patients to quickly try multiple prosthetic or exoskeleton options in a clinic.

Instead of having to p

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