about us.
who are we?
This company began as the co-founder's masters university project, and now has been incorporated for over 2 years. We hope to keep expanding the team bringing in new skill sets and exciting personalities. Metacarpal are proud to be a Scottish Startup based in the capital city: Edinburgh.
why hand prosthetics?
While foot and leg prosthetics have been incredibly successful at restoring the functional and psychological needs of amputees, the same cannot be said for hand devices. The NHS estimate, 26-45% of upper-limb amputees wear no prosthetic at all! And some estimates are even higher. This problem is worsened when you consider that for those missing only 1 hand, this typically leads to overreliance on the sound side that can rapidly develop into arthritis or similar problems.
Centrally, the problem here is that these health problems are actually less of a sacrifice than current upper-limb prosthetics. No matter what, if any, device someone chooses - they must make a huge compromise to either their well-being, their function or their self-perception. At Metacarpal, we are looking to make a product which does not compromise across any of these aspects.
team.
We have a fantastic mix of engineers with the technical know-how and senior business leaders helping guide the company.
Fergal Mackie
Founder & CEO
Fergal is a design engineer who wanted to put his passion to use, increasing quality of life for people all around the world.
Hugh Gill
CTO
Hugh is a world-renowned engineer in upper limb prosthetics - having played a major role in Touch Bionics, the first multi-articulating prosthetic hand
Christopher Nisbet
Lead Design Engineer
Chris has 17 years of experience in Mechanical Engineering Design.
Stephen Pemberton
Senior Manufacture Engineer
Vast experience in medical device and in particular prosthetic hands
Stefan Baldacchino
Design Engineer
A biomedical engineering graduate with particular interest in prosthetics.
Natasha Fell
Mechanical Design Engineer
Natasha's passion is putting her Mechanical Engineering know-how into medical devices
Oliver Fairfoot
Junior Engineer
Fantastically skilled and enthusiastic young engineer
David Bowie
Chairman & Non-Exec
David has been in MedTech for over 30 years and so started supporting Metacarpal through an advisory role. Such is David's confidence in the project that David joined as an NED and investor in late 2021.
Innes Taylor
Mentor
Innes understands International MedTech, having worked in scaling businesses for over 15 years.
He is ideally suited to help create a business from a fantastic medical product.
Sally Bowie
Advisor
Sally has vast experience in leading and marketing medical technology having worked as international marketing manager for a leading prosthetics company already.
Edwin Lindsey
Advisor
Edwin is the Principal Consultant of Compliance Solutions. He advises on all medical regulatory matters.
Address
The National Robotarium, Boundary Rd N, 3rd Gait, Edinburgh , EH14 4AS, GB