Media Releases

13th November 2013

APTA PRESS RELEASE: HOCOMA USA INC NAMED A STRATEGIC BUSINESS PARTNER

Alexandria, VA, November 13, 2013 — Hocoma USA Inc, a Swiss medical technology company providing robotic rehabilitation therapy for neurological movement disorders, has been named a Strategic Business Partner of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). more

12th November 2013

DONNY LEE IS THE NEW HEAD OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATION AT HOCOMA

Volketswil, Switzerland, November 12, 2013 – The medical technology company, Hocoma, with its headquarter in Switzerland, appointed the 34 year old Donny Lee from Singapore as the new Head of Marketing & Communication. The marketing strategist, equipped with strong understanding in intercultural insights, has started successfully to steer the multifarious global Marketing & Communication activities of Hocoma. more

31st October 2013

HOCOMA PRESENTS PORTFOLIO OF REHABILITATION SOLUTIONS AT THE MEDICA 2013

Volketswil, Switzerland, October 31, 2013 – From November 20 – 23, 2013, Hocoma presents a portfolio of innovative therapy devices for the ever growing health care market at the Medica in Dusseldof, Germany. The efficacy of the showcased Lokomat® was just recently analyzed by the latest Cochrane Review and confirms the advantage of robotic gait training. more

28th October 2013

NEW COCHRANE REVIEW CONFIRMS EFFICACY OF ROBOTIC GAIT TRAINING

Volketswil, Switzerland, October 28, 2013 - In a recent study on “Electromechanical-assisted training for walking after stroke“, Jan Mehrholz and his fellow researchers found significant evidence that stroke patients who received robot assisted gait training in combination with physiotherapy are more likely to achieve independent walking than patients that receive only conventional gait training. more

22nd October 2013

PEDIATRIC NEUROREHABILITATION SYMPOSIUM HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT CHILDREN

Chicago, October 22, 2013 - From October 15 – 16, 2013, eminent experts in the field of pediatric neurorehabilitation gathered at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) to discuss the latest trends in treating children with neurological impairments. more

18th September 2013

INRS 2013 – THE FUTURE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION

At the 5th International Neurorehabilitation Symposium experts from around the world met last week at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland for an interdisciplinary exchange about the integration of new technologies into the clinical routine. more

16th July 2013

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2012: HOCOMA CONTINUES ON ROAD TO SUCCESS

Swiss medical technology company expands market leadership in robotic rehabilitation The medical technology company Hocoma based in Volketswil, Switzerland, reports positive results in the fiscal year 2012. Despite a difficult global economic environment, the Swiss based company was able to present an excellent financial performance and a positive result in all group segments. more

27th June 2013

5. INTERNATIONAL NEUROREHABILITATION SYMPOSIUM (INRS) 2013

From September 11 to 13, up to 400 therapists, clinicians, engineers and scientists get together at the renowned International Neurorehabilitation Symposium for an interdisciplinary exchange in Zurich - the worldwide leading event for new rehabilitation technologies - to discuss and work on innovative future technologies and new ways in neurologic rehabilitation. more

24th June 2013

NEW COMPREHENSIVE ARM AND HAND REHABILITATION THERAPY WITH THE MANOVOSPRING

The Swiss-based medical technology company Hocoma extends its Armeo Therapy Concept with the addon module ManovoSpring. With its adjustable hand opening support, the module assists neurological patients with impaired hand functions in efficiently practicing functional hand movements and in relearning activities of daily living. In combination with the ArmeoSpring, the module allows patients to practice reach and retrieval movements in a large 3D workspace. The simultaneous therapy of the complete movement chain from the shoulder to the fingers makes for most efficient functional rehabilitation training. more

28th May 2013

HOCOMA CELEBRATES THE SALE OF THE 500TH NEUROREHABILITATION ROBOT LOKOMAT®

The market leading gait robot from Switzerland helps patients learn to walk again Volketswil by Zurich, Switzerland, May 28, 2013 – For over ten years neurological patients worldwide have trained with the Lokomat® by the Swiss based medical technology company Hocoma. The company that has received various awards has now sold the 500th Lokomat to one of the leading hospitals in Hong Kong. The Lokomat was the first automated gait therapy robot and is the scientifically and therapeutically most reviewed robotic device. Today, the therapy solution is considered as standard in neurorehabilitation of lower extremities and is being used in leading hospitals and clinics worldwide. Nine of the ten by U.S. News best rated hospitals in neurorehabilitation offer the Lokomat in their clinical routine. more

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