Össur received a research and development (R&D) grant of £400,000 (about $500,000) from Scottish Enterprise in support of a $2.5 million project for partial hand technology and development of a new upper-limb device.
“Scottish Enterprise has supported the company over many years from its early days as a University of Edinburgh spinout,” said Jane Martin, Scottish Enterprise managing director of innovation and investment. “Össur’s plans to further develop a range of prosthetic hand solutions to improve the mobility of people across the world is truly inspirational.”
“Our national innovation strategy places a strong focus on technologies where we can be demonstrably world leading, with health tech being a key target,” said Richard Lochhead, Scottish innovation minister, as he visited the company’s new 30,000-square-foot site in Livingston, Scotland. “But as well as this being positive news for the local economy and an important step for Scotland’s innovation sector, this project offers the prospect of enhancing people’s lives, making it an even more valuable contribution to not just our economy, but our society.”
