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Central Russian plant starts producing powered exoskeletons for physical rehabilitation

First devices will arrive to hospitals as early as in spring 2021

MOSCOW, February 9. /TASS/. A plant in Central Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region has launched the production of robotic exoskeletons for physical rehabilitation of patients with mobility problems, the regional government’s press service said on Tuesday.

"Industrial production of E-Helper, robotized exoskeletons to be used for rehabilitation of patients with temporary paraplegia has been launched in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. First devices will arrive to hospitals as early as in spring 2021," the statement says.

The device was designed by Rehabilitation Technologies, a part of the Madin group of companies. Its purpose is to assist the rehabilitation of people, who had temporarily lost the ability to walk, for example, as a result of a stroke. The exoskeleton can be used by people weighting up to 110 kilograms and can be adjusted to various thigh, ankle and back sizes.

According to Alexander Yemelyanov, who heads the developer company, E-Helpers are several times cheaper and have better wear-resisting properties as compared to their rivals.