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By Daily Mail Reporter - 9th December 2009 - The world's first bionic fingers have been unveiled by scientists. Scientists hope they will transform the lives of partial hand amputees. The new invention can help people with up to five missing digits on a hand.
Made of tough, lightweight plastic and loaded with tiny motors, they can bend, grip, point and pick up items.
The brainchild of British inventors, the 'ProDigits' could transform the lives of tens of thousands of people with missing fingers by allowing them to cradle a wine glass, pick a chocolate out of a box or punch a PIN number into a cash machine.
Around 1.2 million people worldwide, including more than 50,000 Europeans, are missing one or more fingers due to infections, injury or birth defects.
Phil Newman, marketing director of Touch Bionics demonstrates the world's first bionic fingers.
While people who have lost entire hands have been able to make use of prosthetic ones for decades, the options for those with less severe injuries have been limited until now.
Phil Newman, of manufacturer Touch Bionics, said: 'There has been no solution like this for the partial hand amputee community.
'The ProDigits provide a powered device with a grip and it has returned these people to a level of functionality and independence.
'It is supporting a community that has never had support before.'
The device capitalizes on the brain's determination to try to move a limb or finger, even when it is missing...MORE...
