Prosthetic hand

Description

Prosthetic hand, REACH hand for patients with wrist joints and partial hands, plastic and silicone, one of the first of these hands to be fitted to children, part of the research and education collections of the Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre, Edinburgh, researcher David Gow, Edinburgh, 1983 - 1986

Museum reference

T.2010.121

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Prosthetic hand

Production information

Gow, David James, 1957 (b.), Researcher
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1983 - 1986

Materials

Plastic, Elastic, Sillicone

Associations

Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre
Reach Charity Ltd

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)