Lindsay Block finds the i-LIMB Hand easy to use; she says that unlike other devices she has tried, it doesn't squish things like flowers. She looks forward to juggling babies in future.
After serious health problems, Ray Edwards pronounces life is really worth living – he never thought he would be trying such an amazing piece of technology as the i-LIMB Hand. He says kids will be in awe and everyone in the road will want to come and see him.
Jason Henderson talks about his everyday experiences as a student: eating without crushing his food, using the computer and writing.
Keiron McCammon uses the i-LIMB Hand as his everyday device and comments that the Touch Bionics guys have done an incredible job; more people should go and get one and contribute to the research for upper limb amputees.
Ross Stack pronounces his i-LIMB Hand 'awesome' and his confidence has grown. As a trainer, the decent cover and the fact that it operates like a real hand keeps his student's attention on him rather than on his hand.
Practitioners
Richard Sire of Diablo P&O in Pleasanton California says of Keiron McKammon that he engages in a lot of activities (playing guitar, golf, yoga, key-board). In a short time, he was capable of operating his i-LIMB Hand in different positions, speeds and grip forces.
Carol Kisner of United Rehab Center in Bridgeport West Virginia found that previous myoelectrical devices were disappointing and there is nothing that her patients cannot accomplish with the i-LIMB Hand.
Dr Sellaiah Soori of Queen Mary's Hospital Roehampton UK witnessed a patient demonstrating the i-LIMB Hand at an international conference in prosthetics. He eagerly prescribed the hand to his patient (Ray Edwards) and pronounced it a genuine breakthrough.
Touch Bionics
Hugh Gill, Director of Technology and Operations at Touch Bionics, describes the grips achievable with the i-LIMB Hand and the emotional feeling that patients experience with the hand that enables them to do more than other prosthetics.
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