Description

As the name suggests, the BalanceTutor is a gait rehabilitation system designed for people to train recovering their balance.  It is not a wearable exoskeleton, but it is a medical rehabilitation robot and it shares many of the control and user interface mechanisms of an exoskeleton.

The BalanceTutor introduces an imbalance by speeding up or slowing down its treadmill or by sliding the entire treadmill side to side.  Sensors are attached to the legs or embedded in the base of the device.  In an ideal gait rehabilitation program, a patient will start on a wearable robot that can fully support their weight, then shift to a mobile gait rehabilitation exoskeleton which will allow them to walk outside and finally graduate to a gait disturbance device, challenging them to relearn to quickly respond to a loss of balance.  The machine can be used while walking forward, backward or side to side.  It can be used in conjunction with a prosthetic or an exoskeleton (the goal is the same, to relearn how to handle a gait disturbance).

Technically, the device introduces controlled but unexpected perturbations, promoting faster muscle response and control.  The BalanceTutor is FDA and CE approved.  It is designed to be used with people recovering from a gait disorder, retraining seniors and getting injured professional athletes up to speed faster.

Main Use Case: “The BalanceTutor 4D treadmill can move forward, backward, and side-to-side while a patient is standing still or walking to elicit a slip, trip, or stumble. Patient weight is supported by an overhead frame that is designed to promote safe responses to disturbances of balance without the patient risk of experiencing a fall.”

Update December 2025: Ekso Bionics signed an agreement to become the Exclusive U.S. Distributor of MediTouch’s  BalanceTutor™ Rehabilitation System

MediTouch 45 Hamelacha, Poleg Industrial Zone, Netanya, Israel. Zip: 42505, PO Box: 8306, website

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