Mobility and Therapeutic Benefits Resulting From Exoskeleton Use in a Home and Community Setting (SC140121 Study 3)

Study 3 Outline Study 3 enrollment will be limited to 1 or 2 subjects at each site. Each subject will take home an exoskeleton for the 8-week duration of the treatment period. The subjects will be selected from the pool of poorly-ambulatory subjects previously enrolled in Studies 1 and/or 2, and as such will have prior experience walking in the exoskeleton. Note that study 3 will emply the exoskeleton as per existing FDA approval (510(k) number K171334); specifically, "to enable individuals with spinal cord injury at levels T3 to L5 to perform ambulatory functions \[in the home and community\] with supervision of a specially trained companion in accordance with the user assessment and training certification program." Use of the exoskeleton in the home and community (i.e., outside a clinical setting) is referred to as "personal use." So that this study complies with FDA approval for personal use, subjects selected for enrollment in Study 3, along with each subject's designated support person, will be trained and certified for personal use in accordance with the manufacturer's FDA-approved personal use training program.