REACH Hand
Subject
Subject Source: Lhsa
Scope Note: Note: Electrically powered prosthetic hand invented by David Gow in collaboration with the charity REACH from 1986 to 1993. Created for: LHSA- Gow.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Interview with David Gow by Carmen Hesketh, 2019
Item
Identifier: GD1/150/2
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
2019
Photographic Material, c1960-c2000
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: LHB71/3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Adminstrative papers, correspondence, reports, photographs, publications, and research and development documents. To date, this collection has been partially catalogued. For more information, please contact the LHSA Archivist: lhsa@ed.ac.uk.
Dates:
c1960-c2000