by Bruce Brown | April 7, 2021 | Health
We had to make an exception. We don’t normally feature crowd-funded wearables on Health Tech Insider. As a rule we prefer to cover technology available today or under development in university labs or by established medical/wellness enterprises. We don’t...
by Bruce Brown | March 25, 2021 | Medical
Exoskeletons serve various purposes. We’ve written about exoskeletons that assist with lifting, prevent back pain and injury, enable standing for long periods of time, and assist mobility. Paris-based Wandercraft’s flagship model Atalante wearable robotic...
by Bruce Brown | November 26, 2020 | Health
Exoskeleton technology primarily supports three purposes: mobility, enhancement, and protection. In addition to exoskeletons that support and assist quadriplegics, for example, we’ve also written about a smart exoskeleton that assists arm rehab, devices that...
by Bruce Brown | August 21, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Robotics in various forms has multiple applications in medicine and healthcare. Point of view (POV) is a helpful starting point in assessing potential uses for robotics. For example when a physician uses a workstation to insert a stent using robotic arms in a remote...
by Bruce Brown | July 19, 2018 | General News, Health
People can lose strength in their upper extremities for many reasons, including stroke, myopathies, and even healthy aging. We’ve written about several exoskeletal technologies developed for upper extremity support and assistance. Otherlab’s Roam, a...