Dorset Orthopaedic

Dorset Orthopaedic patient Craig Wiltshire was the first patient in the UK to be fitted with a Genium® Microprocessor Controlled Knee in November. Craig underwent Osseo-Integration (OI) surgery, an innovative operation to fit a prosthesis directly to the patient’s skeleton.

The Genium® Knee, by Ottobock, has been created using groundbreaking technology. It has been harnessed for effective, everyday use. This makes the leg prosthesis system, with all its functions, easier for the user to handle, ensuring the user gets the most benefit possible. This product redefines quality of life for the wearer, facilitating quick, complex movements, allowing the user to easily step over obstacles, and even ascend stairs.

The Genium offers new features that respond instantly to whatever changes in speed or direction the wearer makes. The patient can trust the prosthesis, keeping the mind free for other things: this can only happen because the user does not have to give commands or control movements.

See below to watch Craig demonstrating the Genium Knee:

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Christopher Taylor hit the headlines this week for becoming the first man in the UK to be fitted with the pioneering Michelangelo Hand from Ottobock.

The self-employed lifting equipment engineer from Ivybridge, Devon, came to Dorset Orthopaedic after watching the hand’s development on the internet. The unique four movable fingers and a thumb that can be independently positioned using muscle signals, will allow Christopher to undertake those every day tasks he enjoys so much such as cooking or DIY.

Chris lost his right hand in a jet-ski accident in August 2009 and chose the hand for its life-like qualities. He says “The fingers move in line like a natural hand and I particularly like the way I can very quickly change the type of grip needed for a variety of everyday tasks, as easily as moving my remaining good hand.”

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Touch Bionics announces global availability of new bionic finger technologies. The new i-limb digits developments increase dexterity and comfort.

Touch Bionics, a provider of world-leading prosthetic technologies, has announced the worldwide launch of its latest prosthetic innovations for people with missing fingers. The company revealed new wrist-band and digit technologies for its i-limb digits solution that will help bring the benefits of the prostheses to a greater population.

In addition to its market-leading prosthetic hand products, Touch Bionics was also the first in the world to develop a prosthetic finger solution with articulating digits in 2009, and over 500 people have since been fitted with its i-limb digits technology.

Today, Touch Bionics revealed new additions to the i-limb digits product line, including a shorter, lighter prosthetic finger and a wrist-band unit that incorporates all of the processing and power systems for the prosthesis.

“The new finger development enables i-limb digits prostheses to be made smaller, lighter and more anatomically accurate, and therefore suitable for a wider population, such as those with smaller hands, or whose amputations are closer to the base of the fingers,” said Ian Stevens, CEO, Touch Bionics. “The wrist-band unit provides the ability to build an i-limb digits prosthesis that has full wrist mobility and with easily interchangeable and rechargeable batteries.”

Partial hand amputations, where people lose one or more digits, are more common than whole hand amputations or loss. Historically, people with such injuries have not had a suitable prosthetic option, despite experiencing a high level of disability. The amputee population that can benefit from i-limb digits is estimated to be over 1.2 million worldwide.

“By using i-limb digits to increase their overall ability to complete daily tasks, we see that people experience an increase in self-confidence and independence, and can benefit by being able to return to work or to their favourite pastimes and hobbies,” said Stevens. “Our goal as a company is to maximise the number of people that can experience these benefits, and the developments that we have announced today take us closer to that goal.”