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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Jaipur Foot"”.
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Partnerships for Change: A Collaboration for Global Wellbeing
… their ultimate potential, PFC partnered with Jaipur foot, world's largest organization for prosthetic devices, to network Jaipur Foot to innovators and funders. They have also started the building of a health clinic in Johnsonville, Liberia due to inadequate medical support for individuals …
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Optimization of vacuum pump device for use in rapid fitment of prosthetic limbs
… Prosthetics NGO has been in contact with the Jaipur Foot Organization in order to create a human powered vacuum pump for a new technique in prosthetic fitment. The new technique would provide mobility to fitment camps due to the non-reliance of an electrical grid. The design however would need …
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Design and testing of a low-cost exoskeletal trans-femoral prosthetic knee device for use in developing countries
… developed at MIT and tested on patients at the Jaipur Foot Organization in Delhi, India. By using kinematic models of the knee, information was gathered on the feasibility of incorporating a stance-flex knee flexion mechanism in the design. Results show an increase in the flexion torque required …
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Identification of design requirements for a high-performance, low-cost, passive prosthetic knee through user analysis and dynamic simulation
… Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS, a.k.a., Jaipur Foot) to design a high-performance, low-cost, passive prosthetic knee for transfemoral amputees in India. The knee was primarily intended to improve the walking gait of amputees relative to existing low-cost devices. This thesis aimed to …
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Mechatronic design of an ISO 22675 prosthetic foot tester
… design of the most widely distributed prosthetic foot in India, known as the Jaipur Foot. By developing an ISO 22675 prosthetic foot life cycle tester, researchers in GEAR Lab can test the durability of the prosthetic designs and fulfill the life cycle requirements. This thesis explores the …
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Experimental validation of the Lower Leg Trajectory Error, an optimization metric for prosthetic feet
… mass-manufacturable passive prosthetic foot for Indian amputees that complies with international standards at an affordable cost. This work was conducted in collaboration with Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS, the Jaipur Foot organization), in Jaipur, India. Through a …
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Design and evaluation of a cantilever beam-type prosthetic foot for Indian persons with amputations
… design a low cost, high performance prosthetic foot in collaboration with Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), in Jaipur, India. In order to be adopted, the foot must cost less than $10 USD, be mass-manufacturable, and meet or exceed the performance of the Jaipur Foot, BMVSS' …
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Development and Validation of a Passive Prosthetic Foot Design Framework based on Lower Leg Dynamics
… the mechanical characteristics of a prosthetic foot to the user's walking pattern. We extended the methodology to describe the entire prosthetic step for multiple walking activities and foot architectures, including durability requirements, and efficient constitutive modelling of prosthetic foot …
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Frugal Innovation in Healthcare: Aligning Systematic Review, Patterns, and Factors for Diffusion in Developing Economies
… product innovation and one process innovation (Jaipur Foot and Narayana Hurdayalaya Heart Hospital). Interviews from experts in the field of cardiology and orthopedics were conducted in Pakistan from January 2018 to March 2018. The study was exploratory; therefore, thematic qualitative text …