Ekso Bionics Coverage - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/ekso-bionics/ Healthcare technology news, life science current events Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:08:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 228111745 MedCity Pivot: A Conversation About Wearable Robots with Scott Davis https://medcitynews.com/2024/03/medcity-pivot-a-conversation-about-wearable-robots-with-scott-davis/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:50:18 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=668601

Scott Davis is the CEO of Ekso Bionics, an innovative medical device company making wearable exoskeletons for use in construction but perhaps, more importantly, to help people contending with spinal cord injury.

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]]> 87639 Ekso Takes Its Robotic Exoskeletons Into Outpatient and Home Settings With $10M Acquisition https://medcitynews.com/2022/12/ekso-takes-its-robotic-exoskeletons-into-outpatient-and-home-settings-with-10m-acquisition/ Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:51:37 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=616390

Ekso Bionics — a company that makes exoskeleton bionic devices — recently acquired Parker Hannifin’s business unit for human motion and control for $10 million. The acquisition will help extend Ekso’s product line across the continuum of care and provides access to Vanderbilt University as a research partner.

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]]> 84873 Ekso Bionics gets $23M to ramp up development of robotic exoskeletons https://medcitynews.com/2014/12/ekso-bionics-gets-23m-ramp-development-robotic-exoskeletons/ Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:00:52 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=321231 Bay Area-based Ekso Bionics has developed a wearable bionic suit that’s meant to give those with mobility problems a little more spring in their step: Its exoskeleton, approved by the FDA, is meant to help the paralyzed or semi-paralyzed “walk” with a typical gait. The publicly traded company has been developing robotic exoskeletons, or “wearable robots,” as it […]

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]]> 67214 Paralyzed veteran Dan Rose walked on WWE Smackdown Friday thanks to his Ekso Bionics suit https://medcitynews.com/2014/11/paralyzed-veteran-dan-rose-walked-wwe-smackdown-friday-thanks-ekso-bionics/ Tue, 11 Nov 2014 21:22:41 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=319511 Many veterans have unfortunately been left injured and paralyzed after serving overseas in the armed forces. For some, they now are actually able to experience standing and walking again thanks to technology like the bionic suit created by Ekso Bionics. One of those people is Dan Rose, who received his Ekso suit thanks to donations […]

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