Just going through the every day motions of life can be challenging for children with musculoskeletal and orthopedic disabilities.
Until they come to the Department of Orthopedics at NemoursAlfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and meet WREX.
WREX (Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton) allows children with weakness to move their arms in three-dimensional space in front of them.
WREX is the brainchild of the (PERL Pediatric Engineering Research Laboratory) whose biomedical engineers and students work with clinicians at (CORD) The Center for Orthopedics Research and Development to come up with engineering solutions to medical problems.
World-changing. Yes. But more importantly, life-changing for children like Joanna and Matthew.
WREX is part of Nemours promise – to treat every child as if they were our own.