suitX

Brief Description

suitX brought advanced accessible exoskeletons to industrial and medical markets with funding from venture capital, industry, and government.

Formerly known as U.S. Bionics.

Acquired by Ottobock in 2021.

Inventors

Homayoon Kazerooni, Adam Zoss, Andre Nguyen Van Qui, Bradley Perry, Christina Yee, Daniel Merala, David Cuban, Dong-Jin Hyun, Dylan Fairbanks, Erich Hacker, Han Woong Bae, James Alden Hatch, Jason Reid, JiaLong James Ren, Jing Song Huang, JJ Kuwata, John Wilkey, Jon Burns, Katherine Fearing, Katherine Strausser, Kibeum Ryoo, Kyunam Kim, Lace Co Ting Keh, Lee-Huang Chen, Logan Van Engelhoven, Michael McKinley, Mimi Parker, Minerva Pillai, Nathan Harding, Nathan Poon, Nicholas Errico, Raghid Mardini, Russdon Angold; Shang-Li Wu; Stephen McKinley; Theerapat Yangyuenthanasan; Timothy Swift; Valentyn Koziak, Wayne Yi-wei Tung, Yi Zeng, Yoon Jung Jeong, Yusuke Maruo, Zhendong Liu

Company Founders

UC Berkeley Professor Homayoon Kazerooni, Michael McKinley (UC Berkeley Master's degree, 2012, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., 2014, Mechanical Engineering), Wayne Tung (UC Berkeley Bachelor's degree, 2008, Mechanical Engineering and Material Science Engineering, Master's degree, 2009, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., 2013, Mechanical Engineering), Minerva Pillai (UC Berkeley Bachelor's degree, 2007, Mechanical Engineering, Master's degree, 2010, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., 2014, Mechanical Engineering)