HealthSouth and Motorika Announce Agreement

HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE:HLS), the nation’s largest provider of inpatient rehabilitative services, and Motorika, a privately-held, emerging leader in robot-assisted therapy, announced today that the companies have signed an agreement to advance the application of technology in HealthSouth’s inpatient rehabilitation hospitals. As part of the agreement the companies will integrate their respective technology platforms, collaborate on clinical research and publications, establish new data collection and clinical practice standards, and create new products for robot-assisted therapy in the home in an effort to advance the use of technology in providing enhanced rehabilitative care to patients.

Under the terms of the worldwide agreement, Motorika will have the exclusive license to market and sell the AutoAmbulator®, HealthSouth’s robot-assisted gait therapy system and will assume responsibility for the manufacture, design, installation, maintenance, technical support, training and distribution of the machine.

With more than 80 AutoAmbulators already installed, HealthSouth will continue to implement this technology in its current and future hospitals. In addition, HealthSouth will install Motorika’s Reo™ Go platform for robot-assisted arm therapy in at least 25 of its hospitals as the company continues to make investments in technology as a rehabilitative tool to maximize the clinical outcomes for its patients.

“This agreement is a defining moment in applying robotic technology to benefit patients receiving therapy for neurological conditions,” said Omer Einav, Motorika’s founder and chief operating officer. “HealthSouth and Motorika will create a new standard of care for neurological patients, with an integrated full body solution that enables precise levels of functionally-oriented therapy to deliver better patient outcomes.”

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