>> I LEAVE.
STUART: YES YOU DO.
YOU CAN TURN.
YOU TURN OKAY.
STUART: THAT WAS A DISABLED MAN
WALKING WITH THE HELP OF AN
EXOSKELETON SUIT DEVELOPED BY
RE-WALK ROBOTICS.
THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO ON THIS
PROGRAM.
NOW THEY ARE BACK, A NEW
PRODUCT FOR STROKE SURVIVORS
WHO CAN NO LONGER WALK.
JOINING US IS CEO LARRY
CHINSINSKI.
YOU ARE DOING FIND WORK.
THIS NEW
YOU ARE DOING FIND WORK. THIS NEW SUIT, LIGHTER, EASIER
TO WORK.
DID YOU DEVELOP IT SPECIFICALLY
FOR STROKE VICTIMS?
>> THIS IS DESIGNED
SPECIFICALLY FOR STROKE BUT
ALSO CAN HELP PEOPLE WITH MS
AND PARKINSON'S.
IT IS ONE SEVENTH OF THE WEIGHT
AND COST OF THE TYPES OF
PRODUCT MADE FROM THE PARALYZED
COMMUNITY SO THERE ARE A LOT OF
ECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL BENEFITS.
STUART: NOT A HUGE SUIT, AND
APPLIANCE TO A SPECIFIC PART OF
THE BODY.
>> WE STRIPPED AWAY A LOT OF
THINGS THAT HELD UP THE HUMAN
BODY AND FOCUSED JUST ON WHAT
IS NEEDED.
IF YOU NEED TO MOVE THE HIP
JOINT IT CAN DO THAT IN A
MINIATURIZED WAY AND IS RELIANT
ON A COMBINATION OF SENSORS
THAT TELL IT HOW TO MOVE AND
UNIQUE SENSORS THAT ARE'S SOFT.
STUART: KATHLEEN O'DONNELL IS A
PROJECT MANAGER, SHE IS IN OUR
BALCONY.
WE HAVE ONE OF THESE SKELETAL,
EXOSKELETON ALL SUITS WITH US.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW, GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
CAN YOU MOVE IT?
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PICK UP
THE MOVEMENT BUT YOU SHOW US.
>> WE STRIPPED AWAY THE NATURAL
GATE.
THEY RUN
GATE. THEY RUN ACROSS THE ANKLE
JOINT.
AND THE ANKLE IS FREE TO MOVE.
>> DON'T THINK THE AUDIENCE CAN
SEE THAT.
THE PERSON INJURED DISABLED?
>> IT PICKS UP ON THE WAY THEY
ARE WALKING AND AUTOMATICALLY
ADJUSTS?
STUART: SENSORS ON THE FOOT,
MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS.
>> IT SYNCHRONIZES BASED ON HOW
LONG THEY ARE STEPS ARE, IF THE
PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASKS THEM TO
CHANGE THEIR GATE THEY CAN
RESPOND AND THEY RESPOND TO
THEIR CHANGE IN WALKING.
STUART: JUST BY THINKING IT AND
GETTING THEIR MUSCLES TO MOVE
THEY ARE HELPED IN MUSCLE
MOVEMENT AND LEG MOVEMENT.
>> IT WILL PHYSICALLY ASSIST
THE FOOT TO LIFT UP FOR GROUND
CLEARANCE AND THE HEEL TO PUSH
THEM FORWARD DURING WALKING.
STUART: YOU HAVE FULL FDA
CLEARANCE TO MARKET SUITS LIKE
THAT?
>> THE BIG NEWS, WE FINISHED IT
AND WE ARE COMMERCIAL NOW AND
STARTED A MAJOR CLINICAL TRIAL
WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE
BASIS FOR SO WE SEE FDA
CLEARANCE COMING IN 2019, WE
ARE ON THE WAY WITH A
COMMERCIAL PRODUCT.
STUART: AND THAT PARALYZED MAN
LITERALLY WALKING IN THE
STUDIO.
YOU SELL A LOT OF THOSE SUITS,
WAS A WILD SUCCESS?
>> IT IS GROWING GRADUALLY.
500 PEOPLE USE THEM WORLDWIDE.
THE MAIN CHALLENGE IS GETTING
INSURERS TO COVER IT.
WE HAD GREAT SUCCESS IN GERMANY
AND ITALY AND SOMEWHAT WITH THE
VA AND THEIR EXPECTATION WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE US TO
GET INSURERS TO COVER HERE.
STUART: YOU ARE MAKING