I can open my Christmas presents for the first time with my new bionic hand, says eight-year-old girl
Single Angela, also mum to Logan, five, said: “She’s always been so independent and does manage but there are things she just couldn’t do and that’s been very frustrating for her.Finally Angela, of Middlesbrough, turned to Open Bionics, aShe applied for funding towards the £11,000 cost of the prosthetic while the family also did their own fundraising.
Alexia was fitted with a Hero arm, which uses the muscle cues of the rest of the arm to give the grip function.It has allowed her to do things, such as brushing her hair and putting on shoes, that others take for granted — and even to hold her ukulele properly.Mum Angela turned to Open Bionics, a Bristol-based company which develops 3D-printed bionic arms to help her daughter
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