{"id":30664,"date":"2024-06-13T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiantmedia.io\/?p=30664"},"modified":"2024-06-13T18:00:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T18:00:08","slug":"after-the-medical-insurance-company-declined-to-pay-for-a-bionic-hand-a-man-created-his-own-working-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-34-197-49-85.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/?p=30664","title":{"rendered":"After The Medical Insurance Company Declined To Pay For A Bionic Hand, A Man Created His Own Working One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While prostheses are far more widespread than they were 20 years ago, they remain quite pricey.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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The terrible reality is that the great majority of people either do not have access to or cannot afford them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some countries, like as the United States, health insurance frequently does not cover the cost of a basic prosthetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Davis found himself in that scenario after having four of his five fingers removed in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Davis is a mechanical engineer, thus he was able to design his own prosthetic hand that looks like something from The Terminator.<\/p>\n\n\n

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So, how did Davis get into this situation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was suffering from Multiple Myeloma, a type of cancer that causes bones to shrink and weaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After he shattered bones in his hand in a shopping accident, surgeons had to amputate the four fingers on his left hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Davis believed his insurance company would pay for any prosthetic, but this was not the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The insurance company stated that because his palm was still working, it did not consider his fingers’medically required’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Davis decided to sketch out some designs for the bionic hand while remaining in his hospital bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davis’s bionic hand has undergone numerous modifications over the last six years, as detailed on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He can now completely use his bionic hand, which he impressively crafted from aluminum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Davis moves his hands or wrist, a series of links transfer the movement to his fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chains on the fingers cause them to curl closed, then spring back open when the tension is released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just a few months ago, we learned that a guy whose hand was crushed by a meat grinder became the first to receive 3D-printed bionic fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mo Ali had to have four of his fingers severed as a toddler due to a horrible kitchen accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mo received a high-tech prosthetic hand early this year, which has allowed him to regain significant dexterity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The robotic hand, known as the ‘Hero Gauntlet’, was created as a prosthesis for persons who have had part of their hand amputated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was created by UK business Open Bionics and allows Mo to regain most of the dexterity he lost in the injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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