World's first bionic hand on show at Arab Health Congress

Touch Bionics seeking partners and distributors for the i-LIMB Hand

LIVINGSTON, U.K. & DUBAI, U.A.E. - January 27, 2008 - Touch Bionics, developer of the world's first commercially available bionic hand, will be exhibiting at the upcoming Arab Health Congress in Dubai, January 28 - 31, 2008. U.K.-based Touch Bionics is in the Middle East seeking clinical partners and distributors for the highly acclaimed i-LIMB Hand, which will be on display for the first time in the region.

"Following our recent success in the rest of the world, we are excited to introduce the i-LIMB Hand in the Middle East," said Gaurav Mishra, Director International Business Development at Touch Bionics. "We are very keen to meet with companies and clinics at the Arab Health Congress who are interested in becoming our distributors in the region."

Touch Bionics' i-LIMB Hand looks and acts like a real human hand and is the world's first widely available prosthetic device with five individually powered digits. The i-LIMB Hand was launched in July 2007, and the product has now established itself as one of the hottest devices in the world prosthetics market. The company expects that its clinical customers will have fitted more than 100 patients, from all over the world, by the end of February 2008.

"The Middle East represents an important market for Touch Bionics, and we are looking to establish relationships here as soon as possible," said Stuart Mead, Touch Bionics CEO. "Healthcare services in the Middle East are now some of the most advanced in the world and we look forward to bringing the considerable benefits of the i-LIMB Hand to patients in the region."

The i-LIMB Hand offers a unique, highly intuitive control system that uses a traditional myoelectric signal input to open and close the hand's life-like fingers. Myoelectric controls utilize the electrical signal generated by muscles in the remaining portion of a patient's limb. This signal is picked up by electrodes that sit on the surface of the skin. Users of existing, basic myoelectric prosthetic hands are able to quickly adapt to the system and can master the device's new functionality within minutes. For new patients, the i-LIMB Hand offers a multi-function prosthetic solution that has never before been available.

Also on display at Arab Health will be a working prototype of Touch Bionics' i-LIMB System arm, a fully articulated bionic arm.

The Arab Health Congress is hosted in the Dubai International Exhibition Centre - interested parties can visit Touch Bionics at booth# 7B38 in the ABHI Pavilion.

More information and photographs are available on request.

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About Touch Bionics
Touch Bionics is a leading developer of advanced upper-limb prosthetics. The history of Touch Bionics began in 1963 with a program of work conducted at the Princess Margaret Rose Hospital in Edinburgh, starting with comprehensive research into developing prosthetic solutions for children affected by Thalidomide. In early 2003, the company was spun out from the National Health Service, with significant shareholding held by Scottish Health Innovations Ltd. In 2007, Touch Bionics brought to market the i-LIMB Hand, a first-to-market prosthetic device with five individually powered digits. The company continues to develop leading edge technologies for the treatment of patients with upper-limb deficiencies. For more information, visit www.touchbionics.com

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