Tetraplegic invents mobility device to help him stand up

Amit had also created ReWalk, a robotic exoskeleton to help patients with lower limb disabilities to walk. But being a tetraplegic himself, he wasn’t able to use the ReWalk. But now he can benefit from UPnRIDE.

Being quadriplegic after a car crash in 1997, he always wondered why the wheelchair was the only solution that allowed paraplegic people to move around. “I could not realize how come towards the end of the 20th century disabled people have no other solution other than a wheel chair”, he stated.

This new patented product is very similar to the Segway, but has four wheels, and allows quadriplegics to be fully mobile in both standing and sitting positions, indoors or outdoors.

“Rewalk is the best solution for paralyzed people but it is good for 10 percent of the wheelchair population, those who have use of their upper body because you need to be able to hold the crutches,” said Oren Tamari, the CEO of the Yokneam, Israel-based startup. “However, 90 percent of the wheelchair population still has no satisfactory solution for functional upright mobility. UpNRide’s solution is for those people, like Amit himself, who can’t use ReWalk.”

What was more important to Amit was to be able to stand up, allowing him to interact socially, eye-to-eye. “Being able to stand and move is extremely important for people’s psychological health”.

The price of the UPnRIDE is stil undefined, but it will be between 15.000 USD and 45.000 USD.

Adapted from: http://bit.ly/2gihmpu

More info: http://upnride.com

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