{"id":2804,"date":"2021-05-25T15:26:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T14:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/bionic-zak\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T16:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:32:43","slug":"bionic-zak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/bionic-zak\/","title":{"rendered":"Bionic Zak"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"large-header\">\n            <div class=\"large-header__image \">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1497\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-5-scaled-e1675419042288.jpg\" class=\"large-header__image-element\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-5-scaled-e1675419042288.jpg 1497w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-5-scaled-e1675419042288-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-5-scaled-e1675419042288-1024x985.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-5-scaled-e1675419042288-768x739.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1497px) 100vw, 1497px\" \/>      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"large-header__container\">\n      <h1 class=\"large-header__title\">Bionic Zak<\/h1>\n      <button class=\"scroll-down\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Michigan&#8217;s Iron Boy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Zak from Michigan was excited to get his Iron Man Hero Arm so he could ride his bike better and enjoy different experiences. Zak&#8217;s mom shares his bionic journey so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section image-text\">\n\t<div class=\" image-text__container \">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1154\" height=\"1731\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-1_small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-1_small.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-1_small-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-1_small-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-1_small-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-1_small-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1154px) 100vw, 1154px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"image-text__title\">Zak wanted a Hero Arm so he could ride his bike<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>10-year-old Zak was born without his left hand. Zak lives in Michigan in the US, with his parents and older sister Mia, and is a huge fan of science fiction movies such as Star Wars and the Avengers. At the end of April 2019, Zak was fitted with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/hero-arm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hero Arm<\/a>\u00a0at his local Hanger Clinic in Livonia, and he also received super cool\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openbionics.com\/disney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iron Man<\/a>\u00a0covers, just in time for the premiere of Avengers: Endgame.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section image-text\">\n\t<div class=\" image-text__container  row-reverse\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1731\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-4_small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-4_small.jpg 1731w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-4_small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-4_small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-4_small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-4_small-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1731px) 100vw, 1731px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"image-text__title\">When Zak received his\u00a0Hero Arm, he said he felt \u2018happy and awesome\u2019<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>He mastered the new technology straight away and within hours he was riding a bike, reading books, holding binoculars and giving thumbs up to everyone. Zak\u2019s mom was really pleased to see her son getting joy out of using a prosthetic. She said: \u201cTo be able to hear him say he can handle the bike better, makes me really excited that he can see the benefit of using tools like this to help him have different experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section image-text\">\n\t<div class=\" image-text__container \">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1154\" height=\"1731\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-2_small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-2_small.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-2_small-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-2_small-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-2_small-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zak-Dubin-2_small-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1154px) 100vw, 1154px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"image-text__title\">The Hero Arm is really unique<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><div class=\"feature__main feature__main--normal\">\n<div class=\"feature__content feature__content--normal\">\n<p>\u201cZak\u2019s previous experience with prosthetics \u2013 the more traditional ones that were available to us \u2013 they were a little bit heavier and not as user-friendly to him, and so he wasn\u2019t overly excited to use them at the time.\u201d Zak\u2019s mom continued: \u201cThe newer technology is lighter, he had more input into the colour and the design, so he felt more part of the process. And so as we heard about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/hero-arm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hero Arm<\/a>, we thought this might be something really unique that he might be interested in, and absolutely, it was exactly what he was hoping for.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan&#8217;s Iron Boy Zak from Michigan was excited to get his Iron Man Hero Arm so he could ride his bike better and enjoy different experiences. 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