Touch Bionics acquires Livingskin
Scottish company Touch Bionics, developer of the i-Limb bionic hand, has
acquired Livingskin, the company that produces the lifelike prosthetic skin
that is already used to cover the hand. 18 May 2008
 Honda
demonstrates walking assist device
Honda Motor Co demonstrated an experimental model of a walking assist device
that could support walking for the elderly and other people with weakened
leg muscles at a trade fair for equipment for the elderly and disabled in
Osaka, Japan. 29 April 2008
Touch Bionics expands in US to meet demand
for prosthetic hand
Scottish company Touch Bionics, developer of the world’s first commercially
available bionic hand, has set up a US subsidiary, Touch Bionics, Inc. to
help meet the growing demand for its revolutionary prosthetic hand. This
followed the opening of a new headquarters and manufacturing facility in
Scotland in January. 27 February 2008
Intelligent software to help build
perfect robotic hand
Scientists in Portsmouth and Shanghai are developing intelligent
software to analyse the detailed movement of the human hand and help
replicate the movement in a robotic hand. 9 January
 Steam-powered
rocket motor drives prosthetic arm
A team at Vanderbilt University has developed a prosthetic arm
powered by a miniaturised shuttle rocket motor that produces 10
times the power of current commercially-available arms. 7 September
 Bionic
hand breaks touch-control barrier with five powered fingers
Touch Bionics has launched a prosthetic hand with five individually powered
fingers. Called the i-LIMB Hand, it has already been successfully fitted to
a significant number of patients in the United States and Europe. 17 July
2007 Artificial retina lets patient see
patterns by wireless stimulation of retina
Intelligent Medical Implants AG (IMI) claims that the breakthrough in its
limited clinical study is the first time that completely wireless
transmission of data and energy into an implant in the eye of long-time
blind persons has resulted in pattern recognition. 20 April 2006
Wireless sensors for monitoring healing of
fractures and performance of artificial joints in vivo
A system of wireless sensors implanted in biological tissue is being
developed by IntelliJoint for dynamic measurements of displacements in vivo,
in real time. The system is designed for clinical use such as monitoring
healing of fractures and fusion, and evaluating the performance of
artificial implants of hip, knee and shoulder joints. 4 April 2006
 Nano-size
battery for artificial retina
A $6.5 million grant has been awarded to the University of Illinois to
establish the National Center for Design of Biomimetic Nanoconductors. One
of the first projects will be the development of a bio-battery for an
artificial retina. 31 January 2006
Successful implantation of 50-electrode
retinal implant
Intelligent Medical Implants AG (IMI) of Switzerland has successfully
implanted a 50-electrode retinal implant system in two patients. Clinical
testing of the device with the two patients will be carried out at the
University of Hamburg Medical School,Germany. 13 January 2006
Southampton scientists move closer to
bionic hand
Scientists at Southampton University have developed a new ultra-light
artificial hand that can mimic the movement of a real hand better than any
currently available. 22 September 2005
Advanced artificial retina to undergo
clinical trials
Intelligent Medical Implants (IMI) has completed the development of and is
to begin clinical trials of its 50-electrode Learning Retinal Implant
system, which it claims is the most sophisticated artificial vision device
implanted in humans. 3 October 2005
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