Interview with David Gow by Carmen Hesketh, 2019

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Identifier: GD1/150/2

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David Gow discusses his involvement in developing the REACH Hand in the 1980s, his time working as Director of Rehabilitation Engineering Services (RES), in the 1990s, and the creation and development of his private bioengineering company, Touch Bionics, in the 2000s. He also describes the difficulties in trying to find funding to manufacture his designs for upper limb prostheses, the relationship between the Bioengineering Centre and NHS Lothian bodies, and the experiences of patients who received treatment from the Bioengineering Centre. This interview was conducted by Carmen Hesketh, Employ.ed on Campus Bioengineering Archive Intern. A waymarked public catalogue (redacted) is available for this recording. Transcriptions of sections of this recording are available, and audio of these sections can be accessed here: https://media.ed.ac.uk/channel/Lothian+Health+Services+Archive/124930001.

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Creation: 2019

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