A few years ago a team of students at Stanford developed an artificial leg prosthesis with a pretty good knee mechanism that can be made for about $20. Named after the more famous JapiurFoot, the JapiurKnee has recently gone through a further refining process by D-Rev, a non-profit based in San Francisco which has a product development arm. The estimated price did go up to $80, but that’s still next to nothing compared to the competition.
Here’s a newly released TED video of Krista Donaldson, CEO of D-Rev, talking about the latest improvements to the prosthetic that gets amputees even in impoverished regions of the world out of their crutches and walking with confidence:
Flashback: Update on the JaipurKnee: A Prosthesis for The Developing World…