Silverton man learning to live with bionic hand
James Bristol of Silverton shows his new bionic right arm.
By KATU Web Staff
PORTLAND, Ore. - A Silverton man who lost his right hand in a mill accident is now one of the first people in Oregon to be fitted with a bionic hand.
James Bristol lost his hand about a year ago. Thanks to the revolutionary i-LIMB technology, his new bionic hand looks and acts like a human one.
Five individual motors power each finger, giving patients more maneuverability.
Bristol is now in the process of re-training his brain and his body using his new hand.
"You know you lose it and suddenly you are plunged into a whole new realm of doing things," he said. "So learning, you feel like a little kid that's learning to walk again."
The i-LIMB was launched last summer. Wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan are also being fitted with the prosthetic.
The hand can cost anywhere between $50,000 and $80,000.
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