{"id":383012,"date":"2026-01-02T05:47:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383012\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T05:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:47:05","slug":"worlds-first-arm-exoskeleton-gives-stroke-patients-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383012\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s First Arm Exoskeleton Gives Stroke Patients Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Johanne Hemnes using the Vilpower arm \u2013 credit Vilje Bionics<\/p>\n

An exoskeleton for the entire arm has been invented and designed in Norway to help stroke victims recover the use of their arms.<\/p>\n

It detects and then amplifies tiny movements through the arm and shoulder, and the developers hope to launch it as a fully commercial product this year.<\/p>\n

Today, more and more people are surviving strokes, and living longer and longer with\u00a0 disabilities resulting from them. This creates the need for better therapies, accommodations, and regenerative treatments.<\/p>\n

Vilje Bionics<\/a>, the company behind the shoulder-mounted exoskeleton, says that most below-the-elbow prosthetics are for amputees, an few if any exist for victims of partial paralysis\u2014like Johanne Marie Hemnes.<\/p>\n

In 2017 Hemnes suffered a brain hemorrhage and collapsed in her living room. The resulting stroke paralyzed her down her left side\u2014usually the result of a stroke in the right half of the brain.<\/p>\n

All her rehab and focus was on the left leg to ensure she could walk again, and while that was successful, her arm was entirely neglected.<\/p>\n

\u201cI call my arm Jenny, because it feels like it\u2019s not a part of me, because it doesn\u2019t do what I want it to do,\u201d she told Euro News<\/a>, adding that she even considered cutting it off because it just got in the way. \u201cBut when I actually have this on, it feels like me again. It doesn\u2019t just feel like another human being\u2019s arm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vilje Bionics\u2019 robotic arm assists movements for the shoulder, elbow and hand, which makes it the world\u2019s first exoskeleton for the entire arm. Many of the components were 3D-printed, and Vilje\u2019s founder Saeid Hosseini, says it works by the user \u201cthinking how they\u2019d use their arm.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause if you think, you make a small movement and then it amplifies that movement,\u201d Hosseini said. \u201cIt detects very small movements of a residual movement of a paretic arm and amplifies those movements.\u201d<\/p>\n

EXOSKELETON INVENTIONS:<\/p>\n

40 people have trailed the Vilpower exoskeleton so far, and the company hopes it will be ready in the first 4 to 6 months of 2026 starting in Norway.<\/p>\n

The robotic arm may be used for rehabilitation purposes in the future, but the company is currently focusing on helping \u201cpatients with lasting and significant disabilities to be more independent.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the World Stroke Organization, one in four people will suffer a stroke at some point in their life.<\/p>\n

Hemnes has been able to get used to cutting vegetables and opening bottles again, exactly the kind of independence Hosseini wants his product\u2019s users to be able to reclaim.<\/p>\n

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