The eight -year -old Briton became the youngest owner of a bioonic hand

The child was presented to the child for the birthday of Open Bionics.

Eight -year -old Freddy Cook has become the youngest person who received a bio -onic hand. He was born without a part of his right hand and the doctors claimed that he could not get an advanced prosthesis for about 20 years. However, the company Open Bionics gave the child to the child Hero’s bio -onic hand for his birthday.

According to the boy’s mother, the absence of part of the hand was not reflected in the boy in the early years, but last year he became more closed. Until now, Freddy had to use primitive “puppet” prostheses that gave only limited control. The boy was very enthusiastic when he was presented with a bionic hand.

Unlike ordinary prostheses, the Open Bionics device allows you to fully control the fingers. For example, Hero hand owners can safely play the prefix on the gamepad, reap their hands, give “five” and do other things that most people do.

Open Bionics Hero is called the first world bio -onic hand printed on a 3D printer and past clinical trials. A startup from Southern England claims to be the first to adapt the technology for children aged 8 years.

According to the co-founder of Open Bionics, Samantha Payne, before that bioonic hands have never created so little for someone. Payne noted that the owners can always choose the design of an artificial limb themselves, and for children there are special options, for example, coloring for superheroes.

We would like children to treat their disabilities as a supercl, something unique that should be noted.

Samantha Payne

Open Bionics makes prostheses using 3D printing, so they get light and cheaper than competitive models. One prosthesis from a startup will cost about 13 thousand dollars (840 thousand rubles), while competitors can cost 130 thousand dollars (8.4 million rubles).

Hero hand works on the principle of human muscles. The bioonic limb responds to the electrical signals of muscles and translates them into movements. To create each hand, the company uses scans or plaster casts.

According to Payne, for the inhabitants of the UK, the price of Hero in the future may even decrease if the prosthesis is approved in the country's national health system. At the time of writing, the bio -native hand has already been approved in France, and in England it passed clinical trials.

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