Prosthetic hand

Description

Passive prosthetic right hand, with skin like detail and a zip fastening along the length of the arm up to the wrist pulse point, hand shaped using polyurethane foam with PVC covering, part of the research and education collections of the Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre, Edinburgh

Museum reference

T.2011.119

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Prosthetic hand

Materials

Polyurethane foam, PVC

Associations

Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre
Edinburgh Passive Group

Exhibitions

• Reconstructing Lives, a human technology (09 Mar 2012 - 24 Feb 2013)
  National War Museum

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)