i-limb Digits

Touch Bionics has announced the worldwide launch of its latest prosthetic
innovations for people with missing fingers with their new wrist-band and
digit technologies. 

The new additions to the i-limb digits product line include a shorter,
lighter prosthetic finger and a wrist-band unit that incorporates all of the
processing and power systems for the prosthesis. 

"The new finger development enables i-limb digits prostheses to be made
smaller, lighter, and more anatomically accurate, and therefore suitable for
a wider population, such as those with smaller hands, or whose amputations
are closer to the base of the fingers," explained Ian Stevens, CEO, Touch
Bionics. "The wrist-band unit provides the ability to build an i-limb digits
prosthesis that has full wrist mobility and with easily interchangeable and
rechargeable batteries."  

Partial hand amputations - where people lose one or more digits - are more
common than whole hand amputations or loss. The amputee population that can
benefit from i-limb digits is estimated to be over 1.2 million worldwide. 

Touch Bionics
http://www.touchbionics.com

i-limb digits
http://www.touchbionics.com/products/active-prostheses/i-limb-digits/