Next-Gen Stroke Rehab: Robotic Arm at Home
A robotic arm controlled by the brain, developed at University of Houston, is in clinical trials to help stroke patients recover limb use.
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Ekso Bionics Announces Leadership Transition
Jack Peurach, who has served as Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc's Chief Executive Officer since 2018, has left the company to pursue other endeavors. Steven Sherman, who has served as Ekso Bionics’ Chairman of the Board since 2014, replaces him.
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Ekso Bionics Expands Partnership with Kindred Healthcare
Following a successful pilot program, the EksoNR robotic exoskeleton from Ekso Bionics will be available at four of Kindred Healthcare's long-term acute care hospitals in Florida: Green Cove Springs, Tampa/St. Pete, Fort Lauderdale, and Melbourne.
ReWalk Robotics is Now Certified as a Medicare Provider
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.
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New Measurement Method Aims to Ensure Smooth and Fluid Exoskeleton Fit
Exoskeletons could cause wearers pain or injury if they don’t fit properly. A new measurement method designed to test fit and fluidity aims to ensure that does not happen.
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CMS Issues the First HCPCS Level II Code for Exoskeletons
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II Code K1007 for the ReWalk personal exoskeleton. The new code, which will be effective on October 1, 2020, is reportedly the first of its kind for exoskeletons, ReWalk Robotics Ltd reports.
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FDA Clears Ekso Bionics’ EksoNR for Rehab Use with Acquired Brain Injury
Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc announces it has received 501(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its EksoNR robotic exoskeleton for use with patients with acquired brain injury (ABI).
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ReStore Powered Exo-Suit Study Achieves Positive Results
The majority of participants in a multi-center clinical study of the ReStore Soft Exo-Suit for the rehabilitation of individuals with lower limb disability due to stroke achieved meaningful walking speed improvements, according to ReWalk Robotics Ltd, in a media release.
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ReWalk Robotics Expands Rehab Product Portfolio
ReWalk Robotics Ltd has finalized and moved to implement two separate agreements to distribute additional product lines in the United States market. These include telehealth-capable stroke rehabilitation devices as well as clinic and home use devices for persons with spinal cord injury.
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Robotic Prosthetics AI Feature Computer Vision and Uncertainty
Researchers have developed new software that can be integrated with existing hardware to enable people using robotic prosthetics or exoskeletons to walk in a safer, more natural manner on different types of terrain.
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ReWalk Robotics and Harvard to Continue Their Research Collaboration
Four years after entering into a collaboration with researchers at Harvard University to develop wearable exosuits for patients with limited mobility, ReWalk Robotics Ltd announced a revision to the sponsored research agreement with Harvard to extend the term of the collaboration.
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Watch a Live Demo of the Harmony SHR Upper Body Rehab System
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.
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Walk Faster and Farther Post-Stroke with This
Researchers from Harvard University and Boston University explain, in IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB), how soft exosuit technology could help bring immediate improvements in walking speed and endurance tests among stroke survivors with chronic hemiparesis.
Read MoreShifting Rehab from Compensatory to Restorative
Advanced technologies can help therapists move patients affected by upper limb deficits toward lasting function gains, Heidi Nash, MOT, OTR/L, and Danielle Wilt, OTR/L, OTD, suggest in the April 2020 issue of Rehab Management.
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UPnRIDE Standing Wheelchair Receives FDA Clearance
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the UPnRIDE robotic standing wheelchair for marketing and use in the United States, UPnRIDE Robotics Ltd announces in a media release.
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Gaining Ground Against Neurological Injury
Elizabeth Watson, PT, DPT, NCS, shares how an intensive, boot camp-style, activity-based program fosters recovery and emotional well-being, in this feature for the March 2020 issue of Rehab Management.
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Post Acute Medical Expands Exoskeleton Rehab with New EksoNR Devices
Post Acute Medical LLC, a system of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, has acquired three additional EksoNR devices from Ekso Bionics to expand the availability of exoskeleton-assisted rehabilitation to seven of its facilities.
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Here’s How Tuning Out the Brain’s Background Noise Can Help Advance Neuroprosthesis Design
In Nature Neuroscience, Northwestern Medicine researchers describe their ability to reconstruct the stable neural signal that drives skills like tying sneakers. This discovery could be a potential advance in the design of neuroprostheses, they suggest.
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