SourceOne, Madonna Partner to Manufacture Rehabilitation Equipment
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| Jan 25, 2012 — ICARE, a motorized therapeutic elliptical device, is now a reality thanks to a cooperative effort between Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital and SourceOne. ICARE helps people with mobility limitations regain or improve their walking ability and enhance their cardiovascular fitness. With a $600,000 grant awarded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Judith M. Burnfield, PT, PhD, Director of Madonna’s Institute for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering, led a research team including colleague Carl Nelson, PhD, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to develop and test the ICARE. After three years of research and development, Madonna selected SourceOne as its partner to commercialize the equipment. Victor Witkowicz, Madonna’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, said SourceOne was the perfect choice to bring the ICARE design to life. “Madonna and SourceOne have a shared commitment to excellence,” he said. “We have a mutual goal of creating things that have value.” SourceOne completed prototype work in Spring 2011 and will produce an additional five machines to help Madonna refine the design and collect test data. Dr. Burnfield is pleased to see ICARE distributed where it can help more individuals. “ICARE utilizes mass repetition, which will enable people to regain or improve their ability to walk at a lower cost than with robotic devices that are only available at specialized rehabilitation hospitals,” she said. “SourceOne has helped us refine and develop ICARE into a device that is ideal for a variety of health care settings.” SourceOne President Elmer Wessel said SourceOne is proud to partner with Madonna on such a pioneering project. “Madonna is a world class research facility that has significantly tested ICARE with more than 130 patients,” Wessel said. “To be a part of Madonna’s dream to help people with severe neck injuries learn to walk again with this affordable machine is a privilege.” SourceOne’s Chad Essink, the chief designer of this project, has done a great job,” Wessel notes. ICARE was selected as a finalist for the International da Vinci Awards®, a competition established in 2001 by the Michigan Chapter of the National MS Society to celebrate people who triumph over disabilities and those who have developed new technologies to enhance mobility. | ||
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