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• Soft Robotic Glove for Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
  The soft robotic glove helps restore lost hand function in patients with neurological conditions using inflatable chambers that gently bend and straighten the fingers repeatedly. Wyss startup Imago Rehab launched in 2021 to commercialize this technology for at-home rehabilitation of stroke survivors, and aims to expand its offerings into other areas of rehabilitation.
• Soft Exosuits for Lower Extremity Mobility
  Our lower-extremity soft exosuit is made of light, flexible fabrics that move with the wearer like clothing, and apply precisely timed assistive forces to a patient's ankles to improve their walking and mobility. This technology was licensed by ReWalk Robotics, which has commercialized it as the ReStore™ for stroke rehabilitation.

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  Tough yet flexible treatment for babies in the womb
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  New Study Uses Robots to Uncover the Connections Between the Human Mind and Walking Control
  March 25, 2020
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  Soft robotic glove gets thumbs-up from rehab experts
  December 18, 2019

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  Exoskeletal-Assisted Walking For Persons With Paralysis From Spinal Cord Injury
  Paralysis from spinal cord injury (SCI) results in a cascade of mobility, functional, medical, emotional, and social problems.  Once inpatient rehabilitation has been completed, people with SCI who are non-ambulators receive a wheelchair as standard of care.  Since 2010, powered exoskeletons have become available to allow people with partial to complete motor paralyses to stand... Free and open to public

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  The Human Mind and Gait Control
  Researchers study how our brains adjust to changes in our walking strides, gaining insights that could be used to develop better physical rehabilitation programs. Credit: Wyss Institute

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  How Humans Walk…With Robots
  Researchers at the Wyss Institute and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital shed light on how humans respond – or do not respond – to forces applied by rehabilitative robots. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University

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  Soft Robotic Glove
  The soft robotic glove under development at the Wyss Institute could one day be an assistive device used for grasping objects, which could help patients suffering from muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), incomplete spinal cord injury, or other hand impairments to regain some daily independence and control of their environment. This research is partially...