April 27, 2015 at 10:30How the most advanced prosthesis changes a person’s life
In 2006, Nigel Ekland lost his hand in a production incident. After six months of pain, surgery, and infections, he asked doctors to amputate his arm to the elbow. Now Ekland wears one of the most advanced prostheses in the world - bebionic3.
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“My life has changed forever,” says Ekland. He became the first person to connect a bebionic3 prosthesis from RSL Steeper. Nigel is one of 250 people worldwide using this advanced prosthesis.
Ekland has come a long way. With his psychiatrist, he talked about suicide a year before he was prescribed bebionic3. Years of uncomfortable and poor-quality prostheses from the national health service, including in the form of a hook, periodically falling off at the most uncomfortable moment, brought Nigel to nightmares and thoughts about the need to leave for another world.
In 2015, he says that he was too busy losing his mind to understand that he had already lost his hand. In 2012, the prosthesis was connected, which improved the quality of life. Now he feels his thumb moving before the prosthesis begins to move. The hand is programmed for many grips - it can even even tie shoelaces.
Ekland says that they used to stare and laugh at him, but now they have accepted him. No one gave him a hand in a meeting when there was a hook in its place. Now he shakes his hand with his bionic hand and sees a sincere smile in response.
For many people with amputated limbs, the quality of life that an advanced prosthesis offers is not available. He is too expensive.
The bebionic3 prosthesis is myoelectric: it uses electrical signals from the preserved muscles for control. Each finger is equipped with servos that operate as smoothly as possible. One of the main advantages of development is its intuitive operation. In order not to drop objects, the fingers are equipped with pressure sensors - they monitor the adhesion between the hand and the object. The device allows you to take small items, use a pen for writing and a computer mouse, work with construction tools. The hand is programmed for 14 types of capture .
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“My life has changed forever,” says Ekland. He became the first person to connect a bebionic3 prosthesis from RSL Steeper. Nigel is one of 250 people worldwide using this advanced prosthesis.
Ekland has come a long way. With his psychiatrist, he talked about suicide a year before he was prescribed bebionic3. Years of uncomfortable and poor-quality prostheses from the national health service, including in the form of a hook, periodically falling off at the most uncomfortable moment, brought Nigel to nightmares and thoughts about the need to leave for another world.
In 2015, he says that he was too busy losing his mind to understand that he had already lost his hand. In 2012, the prosthesis was connected, which improved the quality of life. Now he feels his thumb moving before the prosthesis begins to move. The hand is programmed for many grips - it can even even tie shoelaces.
Ekland says that they used to stare and laugh at him, but now they have accepted him. No one gave him a hand in a meeting when there was a hook in its place. Now he shakes his hand with his bionic hand and sees a sincere smile in response.
For many people with amputated limbs, the quality of life that an advanced prosthesis offers is not available. He is too expensive.
The bebionic3 prosthesis is myoelectric: it uses electrical signals from the preserved muscles for control. Each finger is equipped with servos that operate as smoothly as possible. One of the main advantages of development is its intuitive operation. In order not to drop objects, the fingers are equipped with pressure sensors - they monitor the adhesion between the hand and the object. The device allows you to take small items, use a pen for writing and a computer mouse, work with construction tools. The hand is programmed for 14 types of capture .