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Bionic Hand Adds Quality of Life in a Fifty Four Year Old Man

by Savitha C Muppala on Mar 12 2013 11:38 PM

 Bionic Hand Adds Quality of Life in a Fifty Four Year Old Man
Nigel Ackland, 54, is the recipient of the most advanced prosthetic limb in the world - the bebionic3 which enables him tie his shoe laces.
He had lost his lower right arm in an industrial accident six and a half years ago. Now, he is one among seven people in the world to be fitted with a Terminator-style mechanical limb in November 2012.

Bebionic3 myoelectric hand is made of carbon fibre and is strapped to his elbow and is able to sense and respond to Nigel’s muscle twitches like a real hand.

It has enabled him touch, feel, type and chop vegetables for the first time in six years. He said: “The hand has made me much happier. I look forward to wearing a t-shirt now.

“I used to shy away from talking to people and wouldn’t want to go out but now I like to talk about the hand. It feels more natural every day.Since I was first given the hand they have developed it several times whenever someone who is trialing it notices a design flaw.

“I was walking the dog and he took off chasing something ripping the lead out of my hand - but unfortunately the fingers came off too. So they added stainless steel into the links to make sure they were stronger and could with stand that kind of force again.”



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