Realistic prosthetic limbs now have hair, freckles and tattoos
Touch Bionics, a Scottish prosthetic technology company, has just unveiled its ultra-realistic range of prosthetic limbs with very interesting features. The limbs – whole fingers, hands and arms – will have hairs, freckles and even tattoos. The best part about the new prostheses is that they will also have the same skin tone as the person who uses them.
Using Touch Bionics’ latest technology called Living Image which is a new photographic system, the company can create limbs to match a person’s skin tone. This technology works by scanning the remaining limb of the person to correctly copy the skin tone as well as its shape and features. The scanned information is then sent to its Scotland production facility.
According to the company, clients who have received prostheses that use this technology are very satisfied. Although it has yet to be patented, the Living Image technology system might be sold or rented out to other prosthetic centers.
Via Daily Mail