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An out-of-warranty battery almost left this paralyzed man’s exoskeleton useless
He couldn’t walk using the machine for two months.
Lifeward, the company that makes the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton, fixed the issue days after Straight’s story appeared in the Paulick Report and on a local Florida news station. In parallel, as Mr. Straight’s device is now more than 10 years old, we are also encouraging him to replace it, now that Medicare coverage and other options are becoming available for reimbursement of personal exoskeletons for medically eligible individuals. The company has built an internal team to work with the user and their clinician every step of the way during the process of screening for eligibility and filing claims to Medicare.
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