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Patrick Mayrhofer
- ... that Paralympic silver-medal winning snowboarder Patrick Mayrhofer was the first person in the world to get a bionic prosthesis that is controlled to his nerve impulses? Sources: MeinBezirk.at: "Mayrhofer erhielt daraufhin als erster Mensch weltweit eine bionische Handprothese. [As a result, Mayrhofer was the first person worldwide to receive a bionic hand prosthesis.]", Deutsche Welle: "Austrian scientists pioneer a bionic hand powered by neural signals. The first man to get one says...", BBC: "Last year, a 24-year-old Austrian named Patrick was the first patient in the world to choose to have his hand amputated, again by Professor Aszmann, and a bionic replacement fitted."
- ALT1:... that silver-medal winning snowboarder Patrick Mayrhofer joined the Austrian Paralympic team after seeing their stall at a prosthetics trade show? Source: PyeongChang2018.com: "In 2012 he was at an exhibition about prosthetics where the Austrian Paralympic Committee had a booth. He talked to them and chose to pursue Para snowboard.", Ottobock: "Following rehabilitation, Mayrhofer visited a prosthetics trade show in 2012, where he came across a booth run by Austria’s para-sport team."
- ALT2:... that Paralympic silver-medal winning snowboarder Patrick Mayrhofer joined the company Ottobock, who made his bionic prosthetics, helping other amputees learn to use their prostheses? Source: ETH Zurich
- Reviewed: QPQ pending
Created by OwenBlacker (talk). Self-nominated at 22:37, 20 March 2018 (UTC).
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