Ian Davis Will Use His Grant to Build an Affordable, User-Assembled Prosthetic Hand Device GREENWICH, Conn. , July 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- O'Shaughnessy Ventures LLC (OSV), an investment firm that empowers creators, has awarded an O'Shaughnessy Fellowship to Ian Davis , a product design engineer based in Oregon . Davis will continue to design, develop and bring to market an affordable prosthetic hand, incorporating his engineering expertise and real-world experience as an amputee, to improve upon currently available devices.
He intends to offer the device as an assembly-required DIY kit, enabling users to assemble, fit and repair it independently. Davis is a self-employed product design engineer with 28 years of experience operating a fabrication and machine shop in Oregon . In 2019, Davis had four fingers on his left hand amputated but was unable to find a prosthetic device that fully met his needs.
That experience set him on a mission to build a device of his own, and Davis has been documenting his progress on YouTube ever since. OSV's founder and CEO, Jim O'Shaughnessy , commented, "Ian has a rare combination of domain knowledge and personal experience with regard to prosthetics and is perfectly positioned to bring this potentially life-changing device into the world. We're delighted to be able to support him in bringing this idea to fruition.
" "I'm hugely thankful to OSV," said Davis. "This is an amazing opportunity, which will allow me, at an accelerated rate, to build .