Innovations 2009 - The future is now
A better artificial hand
From: USA Weekend - 01/11/2009
By: Reed Karaim

For amputees who've lost a hand to war, accident or disease, prosthetic
devices have fallen far short of the capability of human fingers, allowing
only a simple pincerlike action. That was until Touch Bionics, a Scottish
company, developed the i-LIMB hand. Each finger is individually powered to
let wearers grasp a plate, turn a key in a lock and use the index finger to
operate an ATM keypad. The i-LIMB costs double or triple that of other
prosthetics, but at the end of 2008, Touch Bionics launched a program to help
eligible US candidates qualify for insurance or government reimbursement. 

From:
http://www.usaweekend.com/09_issues/090111/090111innovation.html#hand

Links:
New Prosthetic Allows Each Finger to Move Separately
http://www.ptproductsonline.com/SOAPNotes/2008-05-07_03.asp

Orthopedic University Hospital in Heidelberg
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/

Touch Bionics
http://www.touchbionics.com/

i-LIMB
http://www.touchbionics.com/professionals.php?section=5

Flu-idhand
http://www.physorg.com/news128082539.html