2024-07-03 00:00:00
A patient walks wearing Atalate
Atalnte X exoskeleton: first data and verification of the “home” version.
A year has passed since Villa Beretta’s Advanced Research Innovation Center started using Atalnte The first exoskeleton in the world that allows people with severe walking disabilities due to spinal cord or brain injury to walk with their hands without leaning on any support. Il Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Research Innovation Institute He is happy to announce that the results observed in these twelve months, with more than one million steps taken within the rehabilitation center, have been significant.
“From the beginning, we want to make sure what it means for the purposes of recovery work to use Atalnte “The results of the patients impressed us a lot: for them, it’s not just about recovering their walking, but the control of the movement in space. Another basic point is the control of the trunk, which thanks to this exoskeleton is supported and pushed forward in a much more natural way, thus promoting the restoration of balance and global coordination. These two elements are the biological basis for reactivating neural circuits and improving cognitive functions and spatial perception. “
The event also marks the entry of Dr. Franco Molteni into the Wandercraft scientific board to further develop the Atalnte X and the exclusive Exoskeleton announced in December 2023. Wandercraft is a multinational company that develops and produces these innovative devices equipped with 12 vehicles positioned in the joints that stabilize the ankles, knees and hips, to allow allows a person to maintain balance with free hands while walking.
The Personal Exoskeleton, or the ‘home’ version as it has been named, is in the final stages of research and development and will soon enter the clinical trial stage in the United States. In the next few years, Wandercraft plans to make it available for people with spinal cord injuries first in the American market and then in the European market.
“Unlike Atalnte, which focuses on rehabilitation, the Personal Exoskeleton is designed for daily use, both at home and in community life” explains Maria Ida Iacono, Global Manager of Process, Quality and Maintenance at Wandercraft. “The device for home use creates a world of new opportunities in terms of personal freedom of movement and social interaction, such as the possibility of establishing direct visual contact with others, and this also affects people who live with forms the most severe of which is the inability to walk and the difficulty in moving. Just like Atalnte X, the goal of the Personal Exoskeleton is to improve the quality of life and reduce the physiological and psychological consequences of disability. We are already seeing the effects of rehabilitation sessions with the exoskeleton to assist walking and we can’t wait to see what happens when people walk at home. “
The indoor version of the exoskeleton opens the door to two different scenarios. “From a biological point of view, it will be interesting to observe how the neuro-sensorial-motor systems have been modified thanks to the use of the exoskeleton in an ecological situation and for unprecedented times” concluded Dr. Franco Molteni. ” Standing upright, combined with the freedom to move the upper arms, which does not have to support the body in any way, will allow people to imagine social interaction again. Again, technology is able to positively define action.”
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