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Paraplegics can now walk even better

Version 2 of the ReWalk exoskeleton from Israel’s Argo Medical has just been released. Now one device can be resized to help train different users. New software programs also make the device easier to use.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xd27c-pz4Y&feature=player_embedded

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Vietnam veteran walks again

Sgt Theresa Hannigan (retired) became a paraplegic whilst serving in the US Army. Today she walks again thanks to her ReWalk exoskeleton from Israel’s Argo Medical. Argo announced at the AdvaMed 2012 conference in Boston that they are setting up … Continue reading

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Hope to the handicapped

Read Israel’s greatest medical breakthroughs – Rewalk’s exoskeleton, BrainGate’s robotic arm, artificial fingers, artificial pancreas for diabetic children and sound that gives sight to the blind. http://www.aish.com/jw/id/Amazing_Israeli_Medical_Breakthroughs.html

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Paralysed Brit to run London Marathon in Israeli exoskeleton

(thanks to NoCamels and Technion) Paralysed in a horse-riding accident in 2007, Claire Lomas was told by doctors that she would never walk again. But thanks to Argo’s ReWalk, she plans to complete the 26 mile London Marathon in April. … Continue reading

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