ReWalk™ - General Description
ReWalk™ is an alternative mobility solution to the wheelchair for individuals with severe walking impairments, enabling them to stand, walk, ascend/descent stairs and more.
ReWalk™ is a new realization of the powered exoskeleton concept and provides user-initiated mobility; it consists of a light wearable brace support suit, which integrates actuation motors at the joints, an array of motion sensors, a computer system based on sophisticated control and safety algorithms and tailored rechargeable batteries.
ReWalk™ enables people with lower limb disabilities such as Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and Spina Bifida to carry out routine ambulatory functions. ReWalk™ restores a person’s mobility functions, thus improving both quality of life and physical health. ReWalk™ promises to dramatically reduce the need for physical therapy and re-hospitalization that occur due to immobility-related complications in individuals with severe walking impairments.
ReWalk™ enables people with lower limb disabilities such as Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and Spina Bifida to carry out routine ambulatory functions. ReWalk™ restores a person’s mobility functions, thus improving both quality of life and physical health. ReWalk™ promises to dramatically reduce the need for physical therapy and re-hospitalization that occur due to immobility-related complications in individuals with severe walking impairments.
ReWalk™ is a man-machine device where the user is actively involved and has control of all mobility functions, through unique control processes. Walking is controlled through subtle changes in center of gravity, stability and safety are secured by use of crutches.
Participation in mobility control comes naturally and intuitively, and brings tangible health and emotional benefits. ReWalk™ is not just a vertical wheelchair – ReWalk™ restores the element of control over mobility so lacking for wheelchair users.
As any wheelchair user can attest, life in a wheelchair carries a hefty healthcare price tag. Serious problems with the urinary, respiratory, cardiovascular and digestive systems are common, as well as osteoporosis, pressure sores and other afflictions.
By maintaining users upright on a daily basis, and exercising even paralyzed limbs in the course of movement, ReWalk™ alleviates many of the health-related problems associated with long-term wheelchair use. In addition to relieving suffering, this has a real impact on healthcare costs – cutting, and enabling both insurers and individuals to redirect funds to other avenues.
Adoption of ReWalk™ by wheelchair users results in significant cost saving at both institutions and private homes. ReWalk™ makes standing devices, stair lifts, bed lifts, and other mobility assistance apparatus redundant. Similarly, ReWalk™ users don't require expensive powered wheelchairs – or the oversize vehicles and devices required to handle them. With ReWalk™, users require only minimal additional mobility assistance – dramatically increasing independence together with cost saving on a yearly basis.
Participation in mobility control comes naturally and intuitively, and brings tangible health and emotional benefits. ReWalk™ is not just a vertical wheelchair – ReWalk™ restores the element of control over mobility so lacking for wheelchair users.
As any wheelchair user can attest, life in a wheelchair carries a hefty healthcare price tag. Serious problems with the urinary, respiratory, cardiovascular and digestive systems are common, as well as osteoporosis, pressure sores and other afflictions.
By maintaining users upright on a daily basis, and exercising even paralyzed limbs in the course of movement, ReWalk™ alleviates many of the health-related problems associated with long-term wheelchair use. In addition to relieving suffering, this has a real impact on healthcare costs – cutting, and enabling both insurers and individuals to redirect funds to other avenues.
Adoption of ReWalk™ by wheelchair users results in significant cost saving at both institutions and private homes. ReWalk™ makes standing devices, stair lifts, bed lifts, and other mobility assistance apparatus redundant. Similarly, ReWalk™ users don't require expensive powered wheelchairs – or the oversize vehicles and devices required to handle them. With ReWalk™, users require only minimal additional mobility assistance – dramatically increasing independence together with cost saving on a yearly basis.
Functionality:
- All day usage
- Mobility – walking, sitting-to-standing, standing-to-sitting, ascending/descending stairs and slopes
- Training – replacing other training equipment at home and at rehabilitation center
Prerequisites:
- Ability to use hands and shoulders (walking with crutches)
- Healthy cardiovascular system and bone density
ReWalk™-I: ReWalk™ for institutional use
ReWalk™-I is a device that allows institutions to use it as a multi-user rehabilitation and training solution.
At institutions, ReWalk™-I can serve as a therapeutic and physical training device, used for intensive locomotion therapy. By replacing or supplementing expensive mechanized gait trainers, ReWalk™-I may enable institutions to redirect significant budget resources for other therapeutic activities.
The ReWalk™-I is supplied in two sizes to accommodate users height from about 1.60m to 1.90m. The smaller size accommodates users from about 1.60m to 1.75m and bigger size completes the range up to about 1.90m. The device supports body weight up to 100Kg.
ReWalk™-I is currently available for rehabilitation centers / hospitals in Europe and in the USA.
At institutions, ReWalk™-I can serve as a therapeutic and physical training device, used for intensive locomotion therapy. By replacing or supplementing expensive mechanized gait trainers, ReWalk™-I may enable institutions to redirect significant budget resources for other therapeutic activities.
The ReWalk™-I is supplied in two sizes to accommodate users height from about 1.60m to 1.90m. The smaller size accommodates users from about 1.60m to 1.75m and bigger size completes the range up to about 1.90m. The device supports body weight up to 100Kg.
ReWalk™-I is currently available for rehabilitation centers / hospitals in Europe and in the USA.
ReWalk™-P: ReWalk™ for personal use
ReWalk™-P has a sportive look and is intended for a daily use by qualified paraplegics, i.e. after medical examination and successful completion of a training program in a rehabilitation center.
As a personal device, the ReWalk™-P can be used indoors and outdoors in almost any urban scenario. The device is not intended for sports or aggressive use.
The ReWalk™-P will be available in the second half of 2012.
