ReWalk™, the first commercially viable upright walking assistance tool, enables wheelchair users with lower-limb disabilities to stand, walk, and even climb stairs.
For potentially millions of wheelchair users, ReWalk™ delivers a new perspective — on the world, on themselves, and on life.
ReWalk™ restores wheelchair users’ dignity, health, inclusion, and self-esteem.
Articles in category 'Prosthetics'
I wonder how the actuation is. A short glance at their site provides no video.
A new prosthetic hand uses individually movable fingers to hold a credit card, use a keyboard and lift a heavy bag.
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The regeneration of lost body parts has just moved from science fiction to U.S. military policy.
Yesterday the Department of Defense announced the creation of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, which will go by the happy acronym AFIRM. According to DOD’s news service, AFIRM will “harness stem cell research and […]
Segway inventor Dean Kamen is looking to re-invent the prosthetic arm. IEEE Spectrum caught up with Kamen and one of his “test pilots,” to see the robotic arm (named after Luke Skywalker’s articficial limb) in action.
World’s First “Bionic Man” - video powered by Metacafe
The X-Finger™ by Didrick Medical is the world’s first active-function artificial finger assembly designed specifically for partial finger amputees. The device allows users to regain complete control of the flexion and extension movements of an artificial finger in a self-contained device. It is designed to bend a silicone finger sheath in a realistic manner.
http://www.didrickmedical.com/didrick/
