Teen makes history with new bionic fingers

Published: 31-Aug-2011
Medical Devices


A 15 YEAR OLD from Swindon has become the youngest person in Europe to be fitted with bionic fingers after losing them to septicaemia as a toddler. Chloe Holmes's parents funded the £38,000 prosthetic, which was developed by Touch Bionics of Scotland. The device enables Chloe to control the movement of the fingers using electric signals from the nerve endings in her arm stump. As a result, for the first time in her life, she is now learning to brush her own teeth and use a knife and fork. Chloe, who also lost most of the fingers on her other hand after contracting streptococcal septicaemia as a result of chicken pox, said: "Growing up has been really difficult. The best thing about my new hand is that now I can hold things. It's quite difficult, but I'm getting used to it. Chloe is the youngest and first person outside America to have the bionic fingers.

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