Meet the Founder


That's Kate
ExpHand Prosthetics founder Kate Walker started the business during her final year at Loughborough University where she studied Product Design Engineering.
"I met a little girl called Zoey 2 years ago and knew I wanted to design an arm that would fit her as she grew and that she'd feel comfortable wearing too."
Kate Walker
Our prostheses are designed for kids like Zoey


Where it all began
Back in 2017 we met a little girl called Zoey who was born with below elbow limb loss. She'd never been offered a prosthetic and we wanted to change that.
We did some research and found that like Zoey, 90% of people across the world don't have access to the prosthetics they need. This is mostly due to lack of doctors, lack of access and expensive products.
Also, kids grow out of prosthetics really quickly, which makes it even harder to make sure they've got the prosthetics they need.
So we set out to design a prosthetic specifically for kids, and we came up with the ExpHand.
Winner
Young Innovators Award
Winner
Med-Tech Innovation
3D Printing Award
Finalist
Santander Universities Emerging Entrepreneurship Competition
Winner
LeicestershireLive Innovation Award
Winner
Experian Entrepreneur of the Year Award '19
Winner
EIT Healthcare Entrepreneurship Competition
Winner
Sainsburys Management Fellows Award '19
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Enterprising Student of the Year '19
Winner
BDO Award '19
Highly Commended
Venture Crawl Pitching Competition
Winner
Brenda Dean Award '19










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