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Ekso Bionics® Announces Expanded Partnership with Kindred Healthcare for Multi-Unit EksoNR Order
Following Successful Pilot Program, EksoNR will be Available at Four of Kindred’s Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals in Florida RICHMOND, Calif., May 11, 2021
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[{"type":"text","content":"Following Successful Pilot Program, EksoNR will be Available at Four of Kindred’s Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals in Florida RICHMOND, Calif., May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EKSO) (the “Company”), an industry leader in exoskeleton technology for medical and industrial use, today announced an expanded partnership with Kindred Healthcare, LLC (\"Kindred\") bringing EksoNR, the most clinically used robotic exoskeleton, to four of Kindred’s Long-Term Acute Care (“LTAC”) Hospitals in the U.S. The multi-unit order follows a successful pilot program of the EksoNR last year. EksoNR has become a standard of care within Kindred’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals by driving patient outcomes in neurorehabilitation through early mobility and gait training. In 2019, Kindred executed a proof of concept in the Houston LTAC market and, after a successful implementation, launched three additional Ekso programs in the Houston-metro area in 2020. Kindred’s recent addition of acute inpatient rehabilitation units (“ARUs”) to select LTAC hospitals across the country offers a unique continuum of care designed to help patients recover from debilitating effects of an acute injury, impairment, or illness such as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, orthopedic injury, neurological conditions, amputation and trauma. The LTAC locations incorporating EksoNR technology will be at Kindred’s Florida hospitals in Green Cove Springs, Tampa/St. Pete, Fort Lauderdale, and Melbourne. “We are excited to expand our partnership with Ekso Bionics and build on our leadership position in acute patient services with the addition of these innovative EksoNR devices,” said Mike Warrington, President of Kindred Healthcare’s Hospital Division. “The EksoNR, combined with its specialized gait training, has proven to deliver game changing results in helping patients relearn how to walk following a devastating stroke, brain injury, or spinal cord injury. Bringing the latest cutting edge exoskeleton technology to our LTAC hospitals reinforces our commitment to patient care.” EksoNR is a robotic exoskeleton device that empowers patients recovering from acquired brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury to learn to walk again with a more natural gait. The device contains posture and clinician control, SmartAssist software, adaptive gait t...