Andago walks away with an IF Design Award

This is really a good start into 2016.

IF International Forum Design GmbH is one of the oldest truly independent design institutions in the world and has been around since 1953 to identify, support and promote good design, to raise awareness of design among the public and to effect social change through design. This is the mission of the annual design competition, IF Design Award.

Frankly, I am really thrilled we won this award for our latest innovation Andago. An award like this is a wonderful opportunity to announce that Andago is now on its way to training floors in modern rehabilitation centers around the world. It’s amazing how many requests we are receiving since we presented our prototype on a handful selected events in 2015.

It also shows how much innovation power Hocoma has built up over the last years to really develop new disruptive robotic devices that have the power to shape and redefine modern and effective rehabiliation in future.

Worldwide, US-based MossRehab was the first rehabilitation facility to pilot therapy with the Andago.

“It’s guided by your own walking,” said Alberto Esquenazi, MD, MossRehab's chief medical officer explains. “The Andago will enable patients who’ve had a stroke or a traumatic brain injury to move more quickly from supported or assisted gait to unsupported walking".

A great opportunity to experience Adago will be the 9th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation (WCNR) that takes place in Philadelphia from May 10th to 13th, 2016.

We also just opened our registrations for a guided visit to MossRehab, Philadelphia’s largest provider of physical medicine and rehabilitation, on May 11th, 2016, to see and experience first-hand their state-of-the-art rehabilitation therapy.  

This special visit also includes lectures by some of the greatest experts in the field: MossRehab’s own Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Albert Esquenazi, and Prof. Dr. Leopold Saltuari, Head of Department of Neurology in Hochzirl, Austria, on the topic of Efficient Integration of New Technology into Clinical Practice in Rehabilitation.

So, grab your chance now to feel innovation first-hand as seats are limited.

Let's shape a better rehabilitation world in future.

Mike