Touch Bionics, Livingston, Scotland, has won the 2008 Prosthetic Product Innovation Award from the Limbless Association, London, England. Touch Bionics accepted the award at the Limbless Association's annual gala dinner in London.
"We are delighted to receive this award from such a leading user group like the Limbless Association and feel that it reflects the growing numbers of users that have adopted the i-LIMB Hand in such a short period of time," said Phil Newman, director of marketing at Touch Bionics, when accepting the award. "The upper-limb community has not benefited from significant leaps in research and development for a very long time, and the response we have received shows us that there is great interest in next-generation technology."
"It was a great pleasure to be able to present this award to Touch Bionics, and I felt honored to be asked," said Ray Edwards, CEO of the Limbless Association. "As a quad amputee, I was the first NHS patient in the UK to be fitted with the i-LIMB Hand, and I have had the opportunity to meet with the design team and management of Touch Bionics, which has created a true friendship."
