An 8-year-old British boy has made medical history as the youngest and smallest person to be fitted with an advanced multi-grip bionic arm
An 8-year-old British boy has made medical history as the youngest and smallest person to be fitted with an advanced multigrip bionic arm, according to its manufacturer.
At the top of his to-do list with his new prosthesis: High-five his friends. Freddie Payne was fitted with his"Hero Arm" last week, days before his birthday, in a move that could revolutionize treatment for young people with"limb differences" in the UK, manufacturer Open Bionics said. Freddie was born without a right hand, and doctors warned at the time that it could be more than 20 years before bionic technology would be available in the UK.
Payne said the price could be cut even further for the UK's National Health Service, as the current fee includes private clinical costs. The technology was made possible after Open Bionics received £698,000 of NHS funding for clinical trials in order to get the prostheses medically certified. The arm is already available in the French public health care system but isn't available on the NHS in Britain. Open Bionics has raised a further £4.
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