In 1989, the government decreed that S.P.Korolev RSC Energia develop advanced prosthetic appliances for people with locomotor system dysfunction. This work became one of the major areas of the company's conversion efforts.

Drawing upon a high scientific and technological potential of prosthetic research institutions of Moscow and St.-Petersburg, using new materials and processes, with support from the Russian Federation Ministries of Economics and Labor, over a 10-year period RSC Energia has managed to set up production of a wide range of advanced modules, assembly units and components for prosthetic appliances.

A whole system of new prosthetic and orthopedic products based on modular principle was developed. Out of these standard modules, a prosthetics specialist can custom-build virtually any prosthesis for any specific patient.

First off-the-shelf modules for prosthesis of lower extremities were produced as early as 1990.

One of the lines of RSC Energia's activities in this area is development of new materials for prosthetic and orthopedic products, first of all for the sockets of the prostheses, as well as specialized processing equipment and tools for prosthetic and orthopedic enterprises and shops.

In 1994, RSC Energia has built and handed over for trial operation seven mobile prosthetic and orthopedic shops based on PAZ-3205 bus.

Marketing of prosthetic and orthopedic products and materials needed for prosthetics is handled by RSC Energia's subsidiary Orthopedic Industry Moscow Energia (OIME) established in 1992. OIME has an assembly line at the prosthetic and orthopedic appliances manufacturing facility, and coordinates training and re-training of prosthetics specialists with participation of specialists from abroad.