HOCOMA

History

Year	Detail
1999	Hocoma was founded as a limited liability company by two electrical and biomedical engineers, Gery Colombo and Matthias Jörg, and by the economist Peter Hostettler.
2000	The company introduced its prototype of the Lokomat in cooperation with the Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich.
2007	Hocoma strengthens its know-how base and clinical network by forming the Hocoma Scientific Advisory Board.
2008	With the introduction of the Armeo Spring, Hocoma entered a new business field: the rehabilitation of the upper extremities.
2010	Hocoma expands its Armeo Therapy Concept with the Armeo Boom, which is designed explicitly for outpatient clinics and home settings.
2011	Hocoma and idiag AG collaborated to support low back pain therapy and expand the back pain therapy concept of Valedo with the Valedo Shape, the first spine assessment device.
2012	The company completed its Armeo Therapy Concept with the Armeo Power, the world’s first commercially available robotic arm exoskeleton with a 3D workspace.
2015	The company launched its new Valedo, an advanced medical device, and therapeutic gaming technology that restores motion to joints and redevelops deep muscles for sustained low back health.
2017	The company merged with DIH International (DIH), a Hong Kong-based corporate holding group with offices in China, Korea, the Netherlands, and the U.S. DIH will focus on rehabilitation solutions and medication management.
2019	Hocoma launches Armeo Senso, the sensor-based solution for patients with moderate to mild upper extremity impairments.
2023	Hocoma launched a new ArmeoSpring Pro upper limb device, which allows patients to receive precise arm weight support from shoulder extension to shoulder flexion.