News

• Dr. Purwar demonstrates a third generation prototype of Mobility Assist in a TEDx talk on Machine Design Innovation through Technology and Education, Nov 2014
• One of the patents behind the device has been licensed to Biodex Medical Systems for bringing the device to institutional market. See NY-state Governor Andrew Cuomo's announcement at http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/10012013-biodex-medical-systems., October 1, 2013, Albany, NY
• The Portable Six-Bar Apparatus for Lifting, Lowering, and Self‑Propelled Transit patent has been awarded by the U.S. Patents and Tardemark Office. 8,468,622, June 2013
• Dr. Purwar is one of the  six researchers from the whole NY state to win a SUNY Research Foundation Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) award for developing the Mobility Assist, a multifunctional Sit-to-Stand-Walker assistive device for people afflicted with neuromuscular degenrative diseases or disability, 2012
• Portable Four-Bar Lifting and Walker Apparatus patent has been filed, Inventors: Anurag Purwar, PhD, et al., Application s/n 61/526,844, August 2011
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Application for the Portable Six-Bar Apparatus for Lifting, Lowering, and Self‑Propelled Transit has been approved, PCT/US11/48978, Int'l. Filing Date: 08-24-2011, WIPO Publication No.: WO 2012/027479