00:00A boy who lost four limbs to meningitis has been fitted with a new bionic arm.
00:05Finn Lawler had legs and arms amputated due to meningococcal septicemia when he was just two years old.
00:12The youngster from Hereford wanted to be able to perform basic tasks such as using a ruler and carrying a
00:19bag to school.
00:19He's now been fitted with one of the most advanced bionic arms in the world, a Hero Pro from Bristol
00:26Bionics Company Open Bionics.
00:28Within the hour of being fitted, Finn had put his new bionic arm to the test and was more than
00:34impressed with the design.
00:36Hello, my name is Finn and I'm 11 years old and today I've came to get my Open Bionic arm.
00:46I think it's amazing.
00:48I've picked up a bottle and tried to open it, which I did.
00:53I was able to write with a pen, which struggled quite a lot.
00:58I was also able to pick up my phone.
01:01I was able to unlock my phone with this as well.
01:05I really think this can make my life easier.
01:08For the first couple of years it was difficult and stuff.
01:13But the older I got, the more I got used to using my hands and stuff.
01:19We sort of kicked off saying that this isn't right, isn't it, but his lips will go blue.
01:26And he was in and out, you know, of sleep.
01:28A couple of spots were appearing.
01:32The first doctor said, I've got a memory, he poked his bottle and said, it's not meningitis.
01:39I said, we want a second pinion.
01:41So anyway, they did take him out.
01:43The second doctor said, it's not, there's tonsillitis.
01:45Lucky enough, the third doctor has still said, I'm not quite sure with the 10% maybe, 9% it's
01:53not.
01:53But the Rouse Scots were getting more and more and then they tried to give him some antibiotics.
01:58Smell it.
01:59Yeah.
02:00And everything went sort of exploded in me because he is a whole piece of structure.
02:08And I got back.
02:09He was flat, rash, lit all over.
02:12Well, we've got bad feelings about a few of the doctors.
02:15Yes.
02:15I think a parent knows about the child sometimes in what?
02:20A nurse or a nurse.
02:22A grandparent knows.
02:24Finn hasn't worn an upper limb prothesis before.
02:27On his left side, where the amputation is at his wrist, he has a partial palm and thumb and already
02:33manages well day to day.
02:35His right side amputated closer to the elbow has less function.
02:38And it's this side Finn wanted a hero pro to support him.
02:42Today, he loves kung fu, football and swimming.
02:46Finn's new prosthesis was custom built to his shape and individual requirements.
02:50It uses myoelectric sensors that detect muscle movements and convert them into intuitive proportional bionic hand movements.
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