For over 20 years, NODUS — a neurosurgery and neurorehabilitation clinic in Ukraine — has helped rehabilitate patients that have suffered trauma or vascular disorders. Even after extensive treatment, for some patients, regaining one’s full motor functions is a challenge. In such cases, an exoskeleton comprising an external structure and moving parts can help patients increase muscle strength and latitude of movement, thus improving their quality of life. “In this age of advanced technological possibility, it is inhumane to simply consign a person that has lost mobility to a wheelchair for life,” says Oleksandr Kulyk, MD, ?EO of NODUS. Exoskeleton models have been on the world market for some time, but their price tag of €60-70,000 makes them prohibitively expensive for mos

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