Prosthetic limbs are very expensive. I’ve heard most of them could cost you a couple of thousand dollars. Only amputees who have thick wallet can afford to regain their ability to walk.
The JaipurKnee Project started by students at Stanford University makes producing prosthetic limbs with much lower cost possible. What they’ve come up for their project is a prosthetic leg that is amazingly cheap which costs only $20. As shown in the picture, the prosthetic leg lets the gentleman to walk naturally again.
This prosthetic leg is called JaipurKnee, it was made by Stanford based engineer, Joel Sadler and his project team, drawing inspiration and knowledge from the high-end titanium knee joints, which is made using oil-filled nylon polymer that makes the brace self-lubricating and highly flexible. This highly affordable artificial leg is aimed for developing country, and they’ve distributed 43 units of the $20 artificial leg in India and it was also exhibited at Stanford’s annual Cool Product Expo.
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August 4th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
please i want one on these pleaseee what shall i do ????