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McKinney pushes advances for amputees' prosthetics

By KURT BEGALKA of The Business Journal - Business News for McHenry County, IL

Ron Santo stands just fine, thank you, perched atop technology.

Santo, the nine-time All-Star turned broadcaster with the Cubs, lost his legs to diabetes - the right in 2001 and the left in 2002. But fortunately for Santo, he met Ray McKinney.

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Prosthesis Users Say New Design Eases Pain

(Chicago Tribune Business Section; March 15, 2004)

Cubs broadcaster and double amputee Ron Santo is sold on a new type of artificial limb. In fact, he likes it enough to have invested in the Gurnee company that produces it.

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Miracle Machine

(Waukegan News-Sun)

Drawing walks was easy for Ron Santo when he was an All-Star slugger for the Chicago Cubs. But after retiring as a player, after diabetes took both legs below the knee, he couldn't walk easy until finding a miracle machine.

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New Legs, New Life

(Gurnee Review; September 21, 2006)

Kristen Anderson, formerly of Lake Villa, was just 17 when she lost both her legs following a suicide attempt. Though she's adjusted to her wheel-chair, the 24-year-old awaits new state-of-the-art prosthetic limbs made possible in part by a new foundation established to give amputees, particularly those who are young, a better quality of life.