
Created by society designer bionic solutions market leader market such as I-LIMB Hand, the solution extends its technology ProDigits Revolutionary patients who lost fingers, which no is either due to congenital malformations or to amputation following an accident or a traumatic condition. The number of amputees is considerable, as estimated at about 52 000 in the European Union and 1.2 million worldwide, and so far, they had access to any motorized prosthesis on the market.
If you do not have fingers or opposable thumb makes tasks as simple as holding a fork or a glass hard and sources frustration. The finger jointed perfectly embodies the technical advantage proposed by ProDigits and it is this articulation that brings the patient comfort. With the ability to bend, reach, and pick point, ProDigits solutions used in prosthesis simulate global operation of a natural hand.
Because of an industrial accident, Michael Bailey lost three fingers his left hand and half of what remained of his hand and five of the eight bones his wrist. Although he never used a myoelectric prosthesis ago, Michael has found the adjustment to ProDigits incredibly easy.
Frankly, I never wore that since I arrived five minutes already well run, he said. I feel it’s mine, it belongs to me.
Former concert pianist, Maria Antonia Iglesias has undergone amputation of the extremities after septic shock caused by Pneumonia of unknown origin in July 2003.
She was fitted with prosthetic ProDigits and this revolutionary offer Maria already handling an Antonia she tried to get the price of Major efforts, such as the ability to write, keep covered and drinking glass.
I am very pleased to participate in this project and the benefits bring me my new hand is fantastic, “exclaims Maria Antonia. Even a simple gesture such as holding and lifting a glass of water to drink me but not before ProDigits, I happen easily.
If each patient who partially lost his hand is unique, the production of each prosthesis is also unique. The concept behind ProDigits was never been commercially available prostheses. The sockets are customized and made by doctors so that they fit the specific needs each person.
It is very important for the rehabilitation of the patient and it is reinserted socially and professionally after a traumatic event. By the nature of injuries that affect one part of the hand, the challenge face is aesthetic and functional, Said Stuart Mead, CEO of Touch Bionics. Deploying our knowledge to restore the function of a patient and his interaction with others respecting his lifestyle and career training is the primary objective of ProDigits.
Due to the personalization of each establishment of ProDigits, Touch Bionics is developing in North America program clinical collaboration which will create a partnership with practitioners so that they equip their patients. Touch Bionics has developed around the world of relationships and distribution channels in over 40 countries ensure submission of ProDigits, supported by its Center of Excellence Livingston, Scotland.
The partial amputation of the hand affect most amputees arm and with ProDigits. We finally have a myoelectric prosthesis functional point and we can provide these non-amputees received a satisfactory solution, Says Jack Uellendahler, orthotist prosthetist licensed, clinical specialist in prosthetics Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics. With ProDigits, each finger can become an autonomous functional unit, taking into account the many configurations amputation of the hand that exists. In addition, the movement of the prosthesis ProDigits is apparently normal, giving a solution reconstruction a partial hand more elegant than before.
Two strategies can be applied to power ProDigits either: myoelectric sensors that record the signals generated by the muscles of the palm or finger still healthy, a switch sensitive to pressure in the form of a sensor FSR (Force Sensitive Resistor), or a touch pad, which uses the healthy part of a finger or tissue surrounding the metacarpal to provide the necessary pressure to activation of the finger. With I-LIMB Hand, a stop function allows device to detect when it is closed on an object, which gives also enables users to point fingers individually and configure by hand to achieve many taken.
Touch Bionics offers a range of ProDigits envelopes: for some patients, skin robotic hi-tech black and clear with the company has created a very functional solution and reliable. Other preferred option LIVINGSKIN: this silicone high definition solution is applied to provide a reconstruction based global natural with their anatomy that applies to the prosthesis.