Did You Know? Israeli Device Helps Paraplegics Walk
Posted on: August 27, 2008

Paraplegics may now be able to stand, walk and climb stairs thanks to ReWalk, an electronic exoskeleton created by Israeli engineer Amit Goffer. Currently in clinical trials at Tel Aviv’s Sheba Medical Centre, Goffer’s company Argo Medical Technologies expects to market the device by 2010, and has a video of ReWalk in action on its website.

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