Medicine & Surgery
Jaipur Foot prosthesis
1968-69P. K. Sethi & Ram Chandra SharmaJaipur prosthetic limbRajasthan
1968
A cheap, flexible rubber-based artificial foot suited to barefoot walking, squatting and farm work.
- Dated
- 1968–1969
- As scholars put it
- 1968-69
- Originator
- P. K. Sethi & Ram Chandra Sharma
- Source text
- Jaipur prosthetic limb
- Region
- Rajasthan
- Discipline
- Medicine & Surgery
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Western prostheses cost far more and suited shoe-wearing users.
Fair to say
A frugal-engineering design rather than a high-tech device.
Path to modern innovation
Has helped well over a million amputees.
Transmission
Fitted in many conflict zones worldwide.
References
- 1Sethi et al., J. Bone & Joint Surgery (1969)
Further reading
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