Livingston, Scotland -- Touch Bionics, developer of the world's first commercially available bionic hand, has announced that its i-LIMB Hand has been recognized by TIME Magazine as one of the Top 50 inventions of 2008. Placing 14th on the recently published list, the i-LIMB Hand was in good company alongside projects such as the Large Hadron Collider and the world's fastest supercomputer.

"We are delighted to have been identified by TIME as one of the inventions of the year, a real honour for any innovative company," said Touch Bionics CEO Stuart Mead. "To have been placed ahead of incredible stories like the Mars Rover, MIT's MDS robot and Berkeley's invisibility cloak is a tremendous achievement."

The i-LIMB Hand is a first-to-market prosthetic device with five individually powered digits. With over 20 years of research and development behind it, the i-LIMB Hand looks and acts like a real human hand and represents a generational advance in bionics and patient care. Since the launch, more than 400 patients worldwide have been fitted and Touch Bionics is rapidly expanding across the globe.
To read the TIME article, visit:
www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1852747_1854195_1854132,00.html

Touch Bionics has also added to its sales staff with John Carpenter as a Regional Manager. With this appointment, Touch Bionics now has a dedicated regional manager for each major U.S. region. Carpenter is responsible for the central region of the U.S., which includes Minnesota, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Montana, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. He joins Bill Graham, Regional Manager for the east region of the U.S., Tim Stevens, Regional Manager for the west region, and Field Support Representative Derek Domenici. These regional representatives work with Touch Bionics' primary Customer Care team based in Middletown, NY.

About Touch Bionics
Touch Bionics is a leading developer of advanced upper-limb prosthetics. 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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