(1) Indego
http://www.indego.com/indego/en/home
("Indego® is a powered lower limb exoskeleton")
Note:
(a) in the home page, I can not get the video clip running. Try (2) hen.
(b) Its "features," according to the website, includes: Wireless Operation (an app in a smartphone), Compatible (with wheelchair, due to the slim profile of the device), and Extended Power ("up to four hours of use").
(2) The Parker Indego® | Walking and Therapy. YouTube.com, published by Parker Hannifin on Sept 24, 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti4nfXteFc8
(3) Bob Tita, Motorized Walking Gear Gets Approval. Wall Street Journal, Mar 11, 2016.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/park ... onal-use-1457624461
("Industrial conglomerate Parker Hannifin Corp has received US regulatory approval [from FDA] to sell its motorized leg braces; $80,000 each; weighs 26 pounds; "Parker, which makes hydraulic parts, aircraft systems, motors, pumps" etc; "Parker joins Israel’s ReWalk Robotics Ltd. as the only companies in the US that have received permission from the FDA to sell the wearable exoskeleton devices to both individuals and hospitals")
My comment:
(a) Parker Hannifin
(headquarters are in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, in Greater Cleveland; founded in 1918 by Arthur L Parker, whose son acquired Hannifin Corp in 1957)
Hannifin is a last name. Because Parker (the name and the company) so dominates the company's history, founder of Hannifin is unclear to me, although I went to great lengths, including the Web and the company's website.
(b) My guess is Indego is a portmanteau of "independent" and "go."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau |