Technion’s Biomechanical Interfaces Group helps survivor of October 7 terror attack

On October 7, Neta Portal and her partner Santiago found themselves in the heart of the massacre at the hands of Hamas murderers. After a heroic escape story, during which she was seriously injured by seven bullets in her leg, she is undergoing a complex rehabilitation process. An innovative brace developed by the Faculty of Biomechanical Engineering at the Technion helps her regain the ability to step on her foot. Dr. Amir Haim, Director of the Biomechanical Rehabilitation Unit at the Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center: “This is a revolutionary device, the first of its kind in the world.”

Read the full story here: Neta was injured in the Kfar Gaza massacre – a new Technion invention helped her walk again

Neta was injured in the Kfar Gaza massacre – a new Technion invention helped her walk again

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