World's first child-exoskeleton for spinal muscular atrophy

Today, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) introduced the world’s first infant exoskeleton which is designed to help children with spinal muscular atrophy, a degenerative illness which affects one in ten thousand babies in Spain. Weighing 12 kilos, the apparatus is made of aluminium and titanium, and is designed to help patients walk- in some cases for the first time.
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