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Exoskeleton Creates Real Life ‘Iron Men’

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    Dr. Marc Siegel on a new bionic exoskeleton which allows parapelegics to walk again.

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That please check out this video is a real life Iron Man it's an -- EA XO skeleton.

That gives that person giving paralyzed people the ability to -- a lot of it is thanks to military recent doctor Marc Siegel is here with a true.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- The New Orleans ever -- in an unaudited -- medical man and -- so skeleton is essentially a robot.

You a paralyzed post whereas this robot as a backpack of some sort.

Not exactly -- first of all this is a big game changer and this is big business these things are running between a 10040000.

Dollars.

This thirty of them around the country that sentence thirty centres around the country in within a year or two they're going to be in the home.

And that's going to be used.

So -- they allow a paralyzed person to walk again here's how.

It's a robot.

You put about -- going to back but the actual device straps you need to extract your hips he uses your arms you push your arms forward and it gets your legs moving through motors.

The backpack has a wireless device which feeds into a computer.

You have a handheld console that either a nurse -- you.

Can manage it sounds complicated but once you've used that a few times like maybe they're like many -- -- was 34 years old and paralyzed from the Naples down Stewart -- he can walk again and the medical benefits of this if -- -- -- and -- -- -- -- on your back better for your heart but it for your circulation less wounds less blood -- Everything you can think dramatically whole metabolism improves is that I don't this as well as -- -- I think we've got a sound bite from one of the people who's been using the access skeleton.

Talking about its benefits very got less -- roll money's tight for second.

Confidence boost.

Circulation.

Because -- out of -- -- There with the sleep better name.

2000.

Decrease.

Specificity bladder control.

And that's basically everything all right doctor can -- actually war.

-- -- -- is that Mount Sinai Medical Center doctor Rick Larsen who's the head of rehab -- says to me we're spending all this time.

Working on nerve growth factors working on chemicals trying to manipulate the brain.

This is the game changer this will be operated from your brain eventually it is probably able to think and you'll -- -- -- at the moment is primarily mechanical.

It's always going to be mechanical but again mechanical Wear your brain is going to be able -- directive right now you directly with your arms but that's walking -- -- walking you know can we -- returning feeling -- the person but -- returning the ability to walk.

His mood improved dramatically this is going to have in my prediction.

Big big uses in the private sector.

I got kind of that this is a miracle this is remarkable I'd what's popped -- in my head something Stewart's an early this was created through military research right.

They're people have been on this program who said that government funding of research that that has private sector implications should not go forward because we can't afford it.

This should be an example of it should go I don't.

That is a tremendous support that originally did they don't think to carry it if you're in the desert if -- in Iraq somewhere you could carry hundreds of pounds or your back with the help us.

Then the people in the sector rehabilitation -- that will -- them.

You're actually right this is government funding.

Of research which we'll have private sector -- what but it wouldn't be come out what it could to get the sequestered -- this reaches as an -- that's an important would adopt them.

This is ought to ought to be taught -- don't know but -- about it but it's not because but it is it the whole incentive of working in this area may go down if the military's -- it's a fabulous story and we've devoted to stop banks from.

My take on president Obama's great experiment to reshape America might take --

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