Mexican children suffering from a condition related to cerebral palsy that prevents them from standing up will be able to walk for the first time with the help of the Atlas 2030, the first pediatric exoskeleton to arrive in Mexico.
The Atlas 2030 exoskeleton is not only a robot that moves the child from one place to another, it is a robot that what it does is that in addition to walking it prevents problems from the disease”, said Ignacio Barraqué, co-founder of the company Marsi Bionics, technology creator.
The Atlas 2030 is a robotic innovation that helps combat muscle spasticity caused by cerebral palsy, increases muscle tone, aerobic endurance, allows greater mobility and better interaction with the environment.
The device is made up of eight active joints that support the user from the trunk to the feet and help mobility in all directions. Five to seven minutes are enough for the little one to stand up and walk for the first time.
This unique technology in Latin America promises to help children walk independently and naturallyin addition to being a tool to start neuropediatric research with which they seek to transform the lives of hundreds of people in the country and in the region.
The device, which came to the Association for People with Cerebral Palsy (APAC), seeks to benefit hundreds of Mexican children who, through this technology, will have a chance to walk for the first time.
Although at the moment there is only one unit, it is expected that in the future more exoskeletons can be brought not only to Mexico but also to other Latin American countries.
binational collaboration
According to Barraqué, this has left Europe for the first time, and Mexico was the country chosen for his arrival in America thanks to the Importing Smiles initiative of the Confederation of Associations of Customs Agents of the Mexican Republic (FunCAAAREM) in coordination with the APAC, which this year celebrates its 52nd anniversary.
Our scientific cooperation with this country is really a milestone, bringing the first exoskeleton outside the European Union, I think it is very important and we are going to continue working with all the actors,” Juan Duarte, Spanish ambassador to Mexico, told EFE.
This tool can be used by children between 2.5 and 11 years old who suffer from some type of spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy, myopathies and other neuromuscular diseases.
To produce these benefits in children through exercise, standing strengthens their muscles, gives them greater breathing capacity and even prevents some of these complications,” Barraqué pointed out.
In addition, he said, it increases self-esteem, gives them confidence and the desire to improve themselves every day.
It is not a cure for any disease, but it is a tool that will help children to have a much better quality of life, fewer health problems and be able to overcome the barriers of disability”, he pointed out.
For Duarte, this is the first of many collaborations that Spain will have with Mexico.
What I would like is to continue to have a strong impact on scientific cooperation, deliver more projects. Spain has things to contribute and Mexico too, and I would love that in the future the exoskeleton could be manufactured on the continent and why not? in Mexico,” she noted.
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