ReWalk Robotics, Ltd, a manufacturer of robotic medical devices for individuals with lower limb disabilities, announces that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized the Company as a Medicare Provider.
Harmonic Bionics Inc will be hosting live virtual demos of the company's new upper body robotic rehabilitation system, Harmony SHR, it announces. Register here to participate.
Therapists use activity, technology, and evidence-based guidelines to deliver treatment that rewires motor pathways. A feature for the November/December 2018 issue of Rehab Management by Meri K. Slaugenhaupt, MPT, and Valerie Bucek, MA, CCC-SLP/L.
BIONIK Laboratories Corp has partnered with Intelliware Development to customize and deploy InMotion Connect, a software program designed to connect InMotion robotic devices with hospital information systems.
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Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc announces the expansion of its medical exoskeleton portfolio with an upper extremity rehabilitation device called EksoUE.
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Rehab therapists share their top equipment choices for conditioning and training that help their patients achieve the greatest gains. Compiled by Debbie Overman, associate editor of Rehab Management.
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Via the worldwide adoption of its EksoGT exoskeleton, stroke and spinal cord injury patients have been able to take 100 million steps to date—the equivalent of 50,000 miles, or the distance of walking around the world twice, Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc estimates.
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Three patients with chronic paraplegia were reportedly able to walk over ground thanks to precise electrical stimulation of their spinal cords via a wireless implant. A study from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland details the research.
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Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have designed a robotic arm that they suggest could help facilitate self-help and upper-limb mobile rehabilitation for stroke patients.
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REHACARE 2018, the International Trade Fair for Rehabilitation and Care, will take place September 26 to 29 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Clinical decision-making for restoring gait after spinal cord injury guides the use of therapeutic technologies for reaching patient goals. A feature for the July/August 2018 issue of Rehab Management by Tracy Oostema, PT, DPT, and Kristina Simpson, PT, MSPT.
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The FDA-cleared HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robotic SCI treatment device, developed by Japan-based Cyberdyne Inc, is now available in the United States via a partnership with Brooks Rehabilitation.
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A collaborative research team from Shinshu University in Japan has designed a wearable robot to support a person’s hip joint while walking. Details of their prototype are published in Smart Materials and Structures.
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Toyota Mobility Foundation, in partnership with Nesta’s Challenge Prize Centre, has launched the $4 million Mobility Unlimited Challenge to develop mobility options for people with lower-limb paralysis.
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ReWalk Robotics Ltd, in collaboration with Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biological Inspired Engineering, recently introduced their prototype of a soft suit exoskeleton designed to assist stroke survivors.
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Researchers from China and Denmark have developed a wearable lower-limb robot exoskeleton designed to help aid the gait rehabilitation of stroke and spinal cord injury patients.
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According to a new market report on the global exoskeleton robots market from Technavio Research, three trends are emerging that are predicted to impact market growth through 2020.
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Research and Markets’ new report on the global exoskeleton robots market predicts growth at a CAGR of 50.85% during the period 2016-2020.
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