Tag: stroke
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Specifying a Linear Actuator: 3 Key Factors
By Japh Humphries, UK Sales & Commercial Manager, Matara UK Linear motion systems are business critical across an extensive range of industries, from food processing plants, to semiconductor manufacturers and packaging producers to name but a few. In fact, virtually anywhere that requires loads to be cost-effectively moved in a straight line, safely, securely and precisely. These…
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Ekso Bionics provides exoskeletons to hospitals in Florida
Ekso Bionics, a developer of exoskeleton technology for medical and industrial use, has expanded partnership with Kindred Healthcare, bringing EksoNR, the most clinically used robotic exoskeleton, to four of Kindred’s Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals in the US. The multi-unit order follows a successful pilot program of the EksoNR last year. EksoNR has become a standard…
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Corindus instrument used in ‘world’s first’ remote-control robotic heart surgery
A surgical instrument developed by Corindus has been used in what is claimed to be the first remote-controlled heart operation using a robot. Corindus published its “Telerobotic Intervention Study” in The Lancet, saying it is “the world’s first percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures conducted from a remote location outside the catheterization lab using Corindus’ CorPath…
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MIT develops thread-like robot that can slip through brain’s blood vessels
Scientists at MIT have developed a thread-like robot that can be steered using magnets and slip through the brain’s blood vessels. The university’s website reports that, in the future, this “robotic thread” may be paired with existing endovascular technologies, enabling doctors to remotely guide the robot through a patient’s brain vessels to quickly treat blockages…
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Ekso Bionics in $100 million joint venture to develop the exoskeleton market in Asia
Ekso Bionics, Inc. is to establish a joint venture to develop and serve the exoskeleton market in China and other Asian markets and to create a global exoskeleton manufacturing centre. It will partner with Zhejiang Youchuang Venture Capital Investment Co., Ltd (ZYVC) and Zhejiang Silicon Paradise Asset Management Group. The joint venture will develop, sell…
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Bionik Laboratories launches next-generation robotic system for stroke survivors
Bionik Laboratories Corp. has announced the commercial launch of its newest generation InMotion ARM/HAND robotic system for clinical rehabilitation of stroke survivors and those with mobility impairments due to neurological conditions. The Company showcased the new technology for the first time at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting last week in Washington, D.C.,…
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US stroke association teams with Ekso to promote exoskeleton technology
A new partnership has been launched to educate stroke survivors and the medical profession about the benefits of exoskeleton technology in stroke rehabilitation. The National Stroke Association, a US non-profit organisation that provides stroke education and programs to stroke survivors, caregivers, and the healthcare community, and Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., a leader in exoskeleton technology…