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HIMSS 2022: Penumbra Previews Expanded VR Rehabilitation System For Stroke With Planned Launch In April

 
• By Marion Webb

Penumbra is expanding its virtual reality-based platform technology to assist stroke patients and other rehabilitation patients with its new Real System Y-Series with marketing plans for April.

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Health professionals and rehabilitation specialists will be able to preview Penumbra, Inc.’s latest rehabilitation product, the Real System Y-Series, at this year’s HIMSS conference, which will take place from March 14-18 in Orlando.

The Real System Y-Series builds on the currently available Real Immersive System by offering patients and therapists additional game-based therapeutic activities, a more customizable

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