West Chester-based Exokinetics is helping disabled veterans regain mobility with Zeen, a device that enables users to sit, stand, and walk upright without motors or batteries, writes Blake Stilwell for Military.com.
“It just brings so much more dignity back into a person’s life,” said Rick Sherak, CEO of Exokinetics. “Once people get in it and start using it, they no longer have to look at the world from table height, looking up at everyone all the time. They can, but they can also sit at a standing height or just stand.”
Sherak, a former Air Force officer, left military intelligence in 1992 for a career in the healthcare industry, focusing on medical diagnostics and engineering. He joined Exokinetics in 2024 to help introduce Zeen to the military community.
Zeen is a saddle built on four agile wheels, featuring a gas spring that assists users in sitting up or standing and enables walking or coasting with a seatbelt.
“As long as you’re in the device, even if your hands go up in the air and you trip and your feet go up in the air, the device will hold you because it’s supporting you through that big seat,” said Sherak.
The device was invented by Garrett Brown, who also created the Oscar-winning Steadicam. While Steadicam changed the future of movies, Zeen can change the future for veterans.
Read more about West Chester’s Exokinetics and its mobility devices for disabled users at Military.com.
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