Touch EMAS (Edinburgh Modular Arm System) was founded by David Gow and was the first spin out company from Britain's National Health Service.
Its intellectual property was based on the work of David Gow and his team at the Bioengineering Centre, Princess Margaret Rose Hospital, Edinburgh.
It received start up funding from the Edinburgh based Archangels syndicate in March 2003.
It has been described as a world leader in upper limb prosthetic technologies.
It employs more than 120 people in Scotland, Germany and the USA.