Trevor, First Man To Have Prosthetic Arm With Built-in Smarphone Dock!!!!

Have you ever heard that a man has prosthetic arm with smartphone dock? A British man who was born without his left arm and now, he’s the world’s first patient to ever have a smartphone docking system in his prosthetic arm. We have seen several prosthesis that is helpful to the amputees but this is a special prosthetic arm that has built-in smarphone dock.

Trevor Prideaux, who is a 50-year-old man from Britain and he is the only person in the world who has a prosthetic arm with smartphone dock. This special prosthetic arm docks is created by Nokia and Trevor Prideaux’s medical team and it can dock Nokia C7 smartphone without any problems. Trevor Prideaux first contacted Apple to try and get a hold of a blank iPhone casing to test it out but the company refused to co-operate with them.

 

Trevor Prideaux used to have to balance the smartphone on his prosthesis or put it on a flat surface to use it. With the phone embedded into his new fiberglass and laminate arm, he can call and text using one arm without having to move the phone. He worn a prosthetic limb made at Exeter Mobility Centre in Devon since he was 3 years old.

After making a laminated fiber cast of his Nokia C7, the team carved a phone-shaped cradle to fit the phone into a prototype that was made in just 5 weeks. The Nokia C7 sits within his forearm between his stump socket and the single knob rotary that holds his limb attachments in place. Now when he gets a call, he can hold his arm up to his ear.

 

Although this dock won’t recharge his phone, it will make life a lot easier for the disabled including Trevor. Trevor admitted that phone slots smoothly and securely within his limb and it can be easily removed when required and he hopes that such prosthetic arms could help other amputees worldwide.

It looks amazing and although this changes the mind of disabled and also lets them to go for new technology. Nowadays, new car, computers and phones are rarely designed for disabled keeping in mind. Prosthetic arms with smartphone docks will be much more advanced in the near future.