A man who became quadriplegic after breaking his neck skiing has walked for the first time with the help of an exoskeleton.<br /><br />Anthony Mouravski, 24, said he felt like a "super soldier" after walking across a room with the help of technology.<br /><br />A video shows Anthony harnessed into the robotic device and walking across the room assisted by one of the workers at Wandercraft during a session.<br /><br />The exoskeleton, named Atalante X, was created by Wandercraft, a French tech company. <br /><br />The device works by sensing shifts in your body positioning to activate.<br /><br />Leaning forward would result in the operator standing up while using shoulders and rotating the body as much as possible would result in walking forward.<br /><br />Speaking of his first experience, Anthony said: "It felt extremely amazing. It was able to get me standing up within minutes.<br /><br />"I had no adverse reactions to it, which for me could have been muscle spasms. <br /><br />"It also just felt amazing for the body including my cardiovascular health and every other muscle that was activated. <br /><br />"Just by being upright and trying to force the exoskeleton to walk."<br /><br />The business administrator from Short Hills, New Jersey, USA became quadriplegic after completely severing his spine in a freestyle skiing in 2021.<br /><br />Anthony said: "My condition is a C5/C6 Complete, which means that I completely severed the spinal cord. <br /><br />"I used to do a lot of freestyle skiing but I broke my neck doing a jump.<br /><br />"I have shoulder and bicep muscles but limited wrist muscles and no triceps or fingers or anything else. <br /><br />"I have no sensation below my chest but it felt good to be walking again."<br /><br />After two and a half years without proper exercise, using the device proved to be tricky.<br /><br />Anthony said: "It was definitely somewhat difficult as it had been the most of an upper body workout that I've gotten in the last two and a half years. <br /><br />"I was able to get used to it right away and they even started lowering the assistance on the device so I was pushing myself more and more as the hour progressed. <br /><br />"I'm going back August 15th and I'm going to be starting twice a week for as many months as I can afford."<br /><br />The service costs £1,742 ( $2,250) for 10 sessions.<br /><br />Due to complications with health insurance, Anthony and his family have started raising money on GoFundMe and hope to raise £11,600 ($15,000).<br /><br />Despite the cost, Anthony is looking forward to the future as technology like this will help him and others with similar conditions.<br /><br />Anthony said: "The future for people like myself and other mobility-related disorders It's definitely really good in this regard. <br /><br />"The training that you get from this seems very beneficial to future health including musculature, Digestive And cardiovascular."<br /><br />Anthony's fundraiser can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-anthony-mouravski-with-exoskeleton-training
