| 1963 |
B&L Engineering founded by Roy Snelson and Ernest Bontrager to manufacture Scoop Dishes. In tribute to their inspirational wives, Bernadette and Linda, they named the company B&L Engineering. Roy left the company in 1974. Ernie left in 1988. |
| 1965 |
Introduction of the first Mechanical Pinch Gauge providing doctors, therapists, and researchers precise pinch strength measurement. To this day, B&L Pinch Gauges are sold worldwide and is the pinch gauge most often cited in research literature. |
| 1968-1995 |
Dan Antonelli, PhD in Biomedical Engineering. Dan was instrumental in obtaining the Vicon Distributorship to sell Motion Capture Systems and complete gait laboratories. |
| 1974-1978 |
Ken Griswold, President of BioSentry Telemetry Corp. and provided design input for a Foot Switch Telemetry System which was manufactured by B&L Engineering. |
| 1976 |
Formed a California Corporation called Pinsco, Inc. dba B&L Engineering and issued stock to the owners (Ernest Bontrager, Dan Antonelli, and Ken Griswold). [Pinch Gauge – Scoop Dish = Pinsco]
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| 1984 |
Introduction of first commercial gait analysis system to capture, analysis and compare footswitch data using personal computers - Stride Analyzer. |
| 1988 |
Lee Barnes wrote the commercial version of Rancho’s EMG Analyzer Software. The software provided a complete analysis of muscle activity, comparing a patient’s EMG to a normal database. |
| 1989-1997 |
B&L Engineering was the exclusive North American distributor for Oxford Metrics, Ltd. – Vicon Motion Systems. B&L Engineering, with the help of Georges Roudanez, made Vicon the dominant motion capture system used in the United States. B&L Engineering started manufacturing passive Reflective Markers. |
| 1993 |
Upgraded Stride Analyzer (Model III) with light-weight recorder and optical start/stop trigger. |
| 1995 |
Received FDA 510(k) Clearance to manufacture and sell the Active Surface EMG Electrode. Lee Barnes bought all remaining shares of Pinsco, Inc. |
| 1996 |
Formalized mechanical Pinch Gauge Repair and Calibration Service. Upgraded Stride Analyzer (Model IV) with more data storage in the Recorder. |
| 1997 |
Consolidated operations by moving from Santa Fe Springs, California to Tustin, California |
| 1998-2001 |
B&L Engineering was the exclusive North American distributor for Charnwood Dynamics – CODA Active Marker Motion Capture System. |
| 2001 |
EMG Analyzer Software re-written with many new features for EMG analysis during gait. |
| 2003 |
Upgraded Stride Analyzer (Model V) with practically unlimited trials using compact flash card. Started selling Partitioned Scoop Dishes. |
| 2004 |
Started calibrating Hydraulic Pinch Gauges and Hand Dynamometers |
| 2009 |
Moved from Tustin to a larger facility in Santa Ana, California. |
| 2010 |
Saehan Corporation in South Korea began manufacturing the B&L Engineering Hand Dynamometer. Upgraded Stride Analyzer (Model VI) to eliminate the Recorder and provide wireless Footswitch data transfer to the PC. |
| 2011-2014 |
Expanded Reflective Marker product line to include High Precision Pearl Markers, Super Soft Markers, and Sterile Markers used with Image Guided Surgery Systems. |
