Motorica is expanding its prosthetic offering in India through a new exclusive partnership with TEHLIN, adding lower-limb prosthetic technologies including knee joints, carbon feet and gel liners to a business previously best known for upper-limb prosthetics.
The partnership gives Motorica exclusive representation of TEHLIN in India and is intended to create a more comprehensive prosthetic portfolio spanning both upper- and lower-limb care.
For India’s prosthetics and orthotics sector, the agreement represents a notable broadening of Motorica’s position in the market. Its Indian business has historically focused heavily on functional upper-limb prostheses, while the TEHLIN partnership introduces a range of technologies relevant to transtibial and transfemoral prosthetic rehabilitation.
Motorica’s official Indian platform already describes a nationwide clinical footprint and says its upper-limb technologies are available through more than 70 clinics across India.
From upper-limb specialist to broader prosthetic provider
Motorica has built much of its identity around functional upper-limb prosthetics, including custom prosthetic hands and bionic systems.
Its professional-facing Indian platform says the company has supplied more than 6,000 prostheses across 12 countries and receives more than 3,000 prosthetic enquiries annually in India.
The partnership with TEHLIN changes the scope of that offering.
Rather than addressing mainly upper-limb amputations, Motorica can now provide lower-limb components including prosthetic knees, carbon-fibre feet and gel interfaces.
The companies describe the resulting portfolio as a “shoulder-to-foot” offering, bringing together Motorica’s local clinical presence and upper-limb expertise with TEHLIN’s more than 60 years of experience in lower-limb prosthetic technologies.
For clinics, this could simplify access to a broader range of prosthetic technologies through a single commercial and clinical support structure.
New Delhi launch combines products with clinical training
The partnership was formally introduced through a launch programme in New Delhi, where teams from Motorica and TEHLIN delivered product presentations, professional training and practical clinical sessions.
One patient was fitted with a TEHLIN knee-joint module during the programme, allowing participants to observe the complete clinical workflow from component selection and assembly through alignment and fine-tuning.
This practical element is particularly important when introducing lower-limb prosthetic components into a new market.
A prosthetic knee or foot cannot be evaluated purely from a technical specification sheet. Component selection depends on factors including amputation level, residual limb condition, body weight, activity level, balance, rehabilitation goals and the environments in which the person will use the prosthesis.
Correct bench, static and dynamic alignment can then substantially influence how the finished prosthesis performs.
The decision to combine a commercial launch with hands-on education therefore suggests that the companies are aiming to build clinical familiarity alongside distribution.
Lower-limb portfolio already becoming visible
Motorica’s Indian website now includes a dedicated lower-limb prosthetics catalogue, indicating that the move into this category is already being incorporated into its Indian offering.
The current catalogue includes carbon-foot modules designed for different build heights and activity requirements.
This is a significant development for a company whose Indian identity has historically centred on prosthetic arms and hands.
Motorica’s existing upper-limb service model includes assessment, measurement, manufacturing, socket fitting, user training and post-fitting support.
Extending a similar service philosophy into lower-limb prosthetics could allow the company to compete more broadly for patients, clinical partnerships and referrals.
India offers substantial scope for lower-limb expansion
Lower-limb prosthetics represent a much larger potential patient category than upper-limb prosthetics in many markets.
In India, demand comes from multiple causes including diabetes, vascular disease, trauma, road accidents, industrial injury and congenital limb difference.
The lower-limb market is also clinically diverse.
Some patients require relatively straightforward transtibial systems, while others need more sophisticated knees, feet, interfaces and suspension technologies to support higher activity levels.
That makes product breadth important.
By adding knee joints, carbon feet and gel liners, Motorica can potentially participate in more of the complete lower-limb prosthetic prescription rather than supplying a single component category.
Training may be as important as distribution
For CPOs, one of the most significant aspects of the launch is the emphasis on professional education.
India has a large network of prosthetic centres ranging from government institutions and charitable providers to independent private clinics and major rehabilitation hospitals.
Introducing a new component brand successfully therefore requires more than establishing inventory.
Clinicians need to understand:
- appropriate patient selection;
- component weight and activity limits;
- alignment principles;
- compatibility with other modular components;
- socket and suspension considerations;
- maintenance requirements; and
- troubleshooting after delivery.
The hands-on fitting carried out during the New Delhi launch gives clinicians an opportunity to evaluate not only how the products look, but how they perform within an actual prosthetic system.
A more competitive Indian component market
The Motorica–TEHLIN partnership also adds another supplier to an Indian lower-limb prosthetic market already served by major international manufacturers alongside domestic component producers.
That additional competition could benefit clinics by increasing product choice across different technology and price levels.
It also reflects a broader change taking place within Indian O&P.
International prosthetic companies are increasingly looking beyond simply appointing distributors. Many are combining distribution with clinical training, digital tools, demonstration fittings and direct professional education.
Motorica already operates a significant Indian clinical network, which potentially gives TEHLIN a faster route to clinicians and prosthetic users than establishing an entirely new organisation independently.
Moving towards a full prosthetic ecosystem
Motorica describes its broader objective as creating a more complete ecosystem around prosthetic users rather than focusing solely on manufacturing devices.
Its Indian operation already provides consultation, prosthetic assessment, fitting, rehabilitation support and post-delivery service for upper-limb users.
Adding lower-limb technologies gives the company an opportunity to extend that model to a substantially larger part of the amputee population.
The real test will now be how effectively Motorica develops lower-limb clinical expertise, product support and nationwide availability alongside its existing upper-limb business.
For Bharat CPO readers, however, the strategic direction is already clear.
Motorica is no longer positioning itself in India purely as an upper-limb prosthetics company.
Through its exclusive representation of TEHLIN, it is moving towards a broader shoulder-to-foot prosthetic portfolio, combining components, clinical support and professional education.
That could make the company an increasingly significant participant in India’s rapidly developing prosthetics market.
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