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The US federal health insurance program Medicare has for the first time made a payment for Israeli-made exoskeleton ReWalk (opens in a new tab), a wearable robotic device that allows paraplegics to walk again.
The ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton provides powered hip and knee motion for people with a spinal cord injury (SCI), allowing them to stand upright, walk, turn, and climb up and down stairs.
The payment of $94,617 to ReWalk was made via Medicare administrative contractor Noridian Healthcare Solutions and signals the federal agency’s division to recognize the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton as a medically necessary device for people with an SCI.
ReWalk Robotics exoskeleton inventor Amit Goffer (z”l) was a Technion alumnus.