- Title: Polish company sets trends with prosthetic arm design
- Date: 9th December 2019
- Summary: KRAKOW, POLAND (DECEMBER 6, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CEO OF GLAZE PROSTHETICS, PIOTR SAJDAK PRESENTING HOW ELEMENTS OF PROSTHETIC ARM CAN BE EXCHANGED (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) CEO OF GLAZE PROSTHETICS, PIOTR SAJDAK, SAYING: "The lightness of the prosthesis is the most important and make it possible to be used throughout the whole day. Our prosthesis weighs 500 grammes (1.10
- Embargoed: 23rd December 2019 15:00
- Keywords: Polish company bionic arm designer arm prosthetic arm
- Location: KRAKOW, LUBLIN AND STRZYZOW, POLAND / ANIMATION
- City: KRAKOW, LUBLIN AND STRZYZOW, POLAND / ANIMATION
- Country: Poland
- Topics: Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA007B998N5L
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- Story Text: Blowing bubbles and cooking in a play kitchen - it's all a day in the life of a toddler.
Two-year-old Ola from the Polish city of Lublin does it in style wearing a funky pink and grey designer prosthetic arm.
Ola was born without a right forearm but thanks to a tailor-designed limb from Polish company Glaze Prosthetics, she can live her childhood to the fullest.
"She simply wakes up in the morning, two seconds and she is wearing the prosthesis. The nannies at the nursery are delighted because they do not have to do anything," Ola's mother, Natalia Koczot-Opolska told Reuters.
Glaze Prosthetics was set up by Piotr Sajdak who lost part of his arm in 2014 after being stabbed during a bar fight where he stood up for his female friend.
As an active runner, Sajdak refused to wear traditional prosthetics which weighs up to five kilogrammes and could significantly slow the runner down.
He also didn't want to scare people away with his artificial limb so, along with two of his friends, he set up a company aiming to deliver stylish prosthetic pieces owners will be proud to show off.
"Our prostheses are also the first designer prostheses in the world. That means that our client can go online and choose the colour, design and create their own arm and it will always match the other arm when it comes to size," Sajdak said adding that a person after amputation receives all prosthetic solutions in one go, with one prosthetic socket along with the design.
Glaze Prosthetics, established in Krakow in 2017, uses 3D print technology to produce about one hundred prosthetic arms per year for clients as young as a 3-month-old child.
The company has just entered the U.S. market and has broadened its offer to include clothing that matches the design of the prosthesis.
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