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2. Jaipur foot - Wikipedia

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   A Jaipur foot in production. The Jaipur foot, also known as the Jaipur leg, is a rubber-based prosthetic leg for people with below-knee amputations.Although inferior in many ways to the composite carbon fibre variants, its variable applicability and cost efficiency make it an acceptable choice for prosthesis.

3. Hanger, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   The new wave of amputee veterans demanded better prosthetic options, and in 1946, the federal government began providing funds for research and development in prosthetics. J.E. Hanger, Inc., was able to introduce new prosthetic socket designs made from improved materials such as thermosetting resins.

4. Flex-Foot Cheetah - Wikipedia

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   2 "bladerunners" using this sort of prosthetic foot. CGI image. The Flex-Foot Cheetah is a prosthetic human foot replacement developed by biomedical engineer Van Phillips, who had lost a leg below the knee at age 21; the deficiencies of existing prostheses led him to invent this new prosthesis.

5. Bluetooth-equipped prosthetic legs help double amputee ... - AOL

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   As we've seen, there's plenty of different solutions out there for controlling prosthetic limbs, but the artificial legs now helping Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill walk certainly have to rank up ...

6. Prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   In medicine, a prosthesis (pl.: prostheses; from Ancient Greek: πρόσθεσις, romanized: prósthesis, lit. 'addition, application, attachment'), [1] or a prosthetic implant, [2] [3] is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through physical trauma, disease, or a condition present at birth (congenital disorder).

7. NHL amputee returns to ice with prosthetic leg, custom skate

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   The prosthetic was made using a Tuuk blade, which is normally found at the bottom of a skate boot. The skate allows him to move more freely on the ice, from performing crossover turns to even ...