Low-cost Prosthesis

low-cost above-knee prostheses provide basic structural support limited function. function achieved crude, non-articulating, unstable, or manually locking knee joints. limited number of organizations, such international committee of red cross (icrc), create devices developing countries. device manufactured cr equipments single-axis, manually operated locking polymer prosthetic knee joint.

table. list of knee joint technologies based on literature review.

low-cost above-knee prosthetic limbs: icrc knee (left) , lc knee (right)

a plan low-cost artificial leg, designed sébastien dubois, featured @ 2007 international design exhibition , award show in copenhagen, denmark, won index: award. able create energy-return prosthetic leg $8.00, composed of fiberglass.

prior 1980s, foot prostheses merely restored basic walking capabilities. these devices can characterized simple artificial attachment connecting 1 s residual limb ground.

the introduction of seattle foot (seattle limb systems) in 1981 revolutionized field, bringing concept of energy storing prosthetic foot (espf) fore. other companies followed suit, , before long, there multiple models of energy storing prostheses on market. each model utilized variation of compressible heel. heel compressed during initial ground contact, storing energy returned during latter phase of ground contact propel body forward.

since then, foot prosthetics industry has been dominated steady, small improvements in performance, comfort, , marketability.

with 3d printers, possible manufacture single product without having have metal molds, costs can drastically reduced.

jaipur foot, artificial limb jaipur, india, costs us$40.