Tag: Abilitech Medical

MINNEAPOLIS – Abilitech Medical, which introduced Abilitech Assist in the U.S. last year, has been issued a Medical Device Establishment License (MDEL) from Health Canada (License Number 18519). The license allows patients in Canada to obtain the Abilitech Assist device and sanctions the company to work with partners in the country. “We’re proud to have entered the Canadian marketplace,” said Angie Conley, founder and CEO. “There are many individuals with spinal cord...

MINNEAPOLIS – Abilitech Medical, which makes an assistive technology device that helps restore use of weak upper arms called the Abilitech Assist, has begun recruiting people with muscular dystrophy for a study. “The amount of progress in research and the increase of clinical treatments for neuromuscular diseases in the last 15 years has been incredible,” said Dr. Molly Stark, physical therapist at the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center at the University of Minnesota...