Exoskeleton that Helps Paralyzed Walk Faces Barrier in Japan
From: Medical Design Technology - 05/12/2015

Japanese robotics maker Yaskawa Electric Co. has been distributing ReWalk
exoskeleton in Asia under a deal signed last year with ReWalk Robotics, based
in Yokneam, Israel. The distribution is limited to a rehabilitation center in
Atsugi city, southwest of Tokyo, where ReWalk is available to a handful of
Japanese paraplegics, skirting regulations, in the name of research.

Hiroshi Yaginuma, a health ministry official overseeing the approval of
medical devices, said ReWalk was not yet being considered for approval, and
it was unclear whether it would meet the criteria for a treatment device. It
is assessing the Hybrid Assisted Limb, or HAL, developed by Japan's
Cyberdyne, in which a wearer's ability to walk is supported though it is not
suitable for paraplegics.

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