Prosthetic hand

Description

Woman's passive prosthetic left hand and forearm, hard PVC shell with skin like markings and shaped fingernails, part of the research and education collections of the Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre, Edinburgh, by Centri AB, Sollentuna, Sweden

Museum reference

T.2011.144

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Prosthetic hand, Prosthetic forearm

Production information

Centri AB, Manufacturer
Sollentuna, Sweden, Northern Europe

Materials

PVC

Associations

Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre
World Passive 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)