Invention to Help Paraplegics Walk Touted as "The Most Important Israeli Medical Breakthrough of Recent Times"

Teresa Neumann : Jan 23, 2009
Dr. Itay Gal - YNet News

The "ReWalk" suit aims to allow paralyzed people to stand, walk, with help of computerized leg supports.

(Israel)?According to a report in YNet News, in what is probably one of the most important Israeli medical breakthroughs of recent times, Haifa-based Argo Medical Technologies has developed the ReWalk, a sort of exoskeleton that may promise to rid paraplegics of their wheelchairs. (Photo: YNet News)

One of the first people to get to reportedly try out the new invention was Radi Kaiof, a former IDF soldier who has been wheelchair bound for 20 years and still has no feeling in his legs.

The report notes that engineer Amit Goffer, founder of the Argo company. got the inspiration to create the ReWalk suit over a decade ago after being paralyzed in a road accident.

To learn more about how the ReWalk suit works and its estimated price, etc., follow the link provided.