103 Jaipur Foot Improvement

Team Members

Miriam Paquet and Reid Barber, Mechanical

Engineering; Stephanie Boomgaard, Ben Cottrill,

and Kevin Peterson, Biomedical Engineering

Advisor

Nina Mahmoudian

Sponsor

Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering

Mechanics

Project Overview

The Jaipur foot was developed to provide an

amputee in India with a simple, practical, and lowcost

prosthetic that is compatible with an active

and culturally appropriate lifestyle. In 2011, a design

team successfully made improvements to the

Jaipur foot to reduce its weight. The new objective

was to improve compatibility of materials with

the manufacturing process, while maintaining the

affordability and functionality of the foot. The project

culminated with a trip to India to meet with Dr. Anil

Jain and observe patient use of the prosthetic.

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