this is neat stuff.

--- Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> GOOD NEWS ISRAEL
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>
> Israeli Technology Brings Mobility to the Immobile
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>
> GAMLA HOMEPAGE: http://www.gamla.org.il/english
>
> An Israeli company called ReWalk has created a
> product that can restore
> upright mobility for paraplegics, quadriplegics and
> others with trouble
> walking, according to a report in BioIsrael.
>
>
> The device uses motors and sensors to enable people
> without the ability
> to move lower limbs to carry out routine motor
> functions such as
> standing, walking and climbing stairs. The ReWalk is
> a light, wearable
> brace support suit which comprises DC motors at the
> joints, rechargeable
> batteries, an array of sensors and a computer-based
> control system.
>
> "We aim to end the 200-year monopoly of the
> wheelchair," said Dr. Amit
> Goffer, the CEO and founder of the company that is
> developing ReWalk ?
> Argo Medical Technologies. "The device promises to
> restore the dignity
> of disabled persons, enabling them to work and
> improve their general
> health and quality of life, as well as significantly
> reduce medical and
> other related expenses," says Goffer.
>
> The product is still in the prototype stage but
> Goffer told BioIsrael
> that upon completion of fund-raising the company
> could have a product on
> the market within four years.
>
> Goffer is also the founder of Odin Medical, the
> developer of a mini-MRI
> imaging device which enables brain surgeons to
> conduct real-time brain
> scans in the operating room.
>
> "Before I came up with the idea for both the
> mini-MRI and ReWalk, I was
> puzzled by the question of why each product didn?t
> already exist as each
> meets such an obvious and large need," says Goffer.
>
> There are already devices on the market that seek to
> bring mobility to
> the immobile, but what makes ReWalk unique is the
> way in which the user
> is actively involved in the walk-restoration and
> other mobility
> functions. Upper-body motions are analyzed and used
> to trigger and
> maintain normal walk patterns and common movements
> like standing up from
> the sitting position. "Also, it?s important to point
> out that because
> the ReWalk is snugly fitted on the body and worn
> underneath the
> clothing, it also helps the users avoid the type of
> visible stigma that
> a wheelchair user faces," says Goffer.
>
> Goffer hopes that ReWalk will enable many people
> with disabilities to
> regain mobility and enable them to enter or return
> to the workforce, as
> well.
>
>
>
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