Prosthetic hand

Description

Body powered prosthetic right hand and forearm, plastic, fingers and thumb articulated from lower knuckle joint, hand mounted on toughened leather and metal forearm attached to fabric harness, part of the research and education collections of the Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre, Edinburgh, by RSL Steeper Ltd, Rochester, Kent, 1991

Museum reference

T.2011.103

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Prosthetic hand, Prosthetic forearm, Harness

Production information

RSL Steeper Ltd, Manufacturer
Rochester, Kent, England, Northern Europe

Date

1991

Materials

Plastic, Leather, Metal, Fabric, Rubber

Associations

Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre
World Body Power Group

Exhibitions

• Reconstructing Lives, a human technology (09 Mar 2012 - 24 Feb 2013)
  National War Museum

References

NHS Lothian Archives accession number 10/001 (related paper and film material)

Film of interview with David Gow of the SMART Centre, NHS Lothian (see DVD in object file)