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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. Prosthesis - Wikipedia

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    Lower extremity prosthetics describe artificially replaced limbs located at the hip level or lower. In the prosthetics industry, a trans-tibial prosthetic leg is often referred to as a "BK" or below the knee prosthesis. Prostheses are manufactured and fit by clinical prosthetists.

  4. Peg leg - Wikipedia

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    By the late 19th century, prosthetics vendors would offer peg legs as cheaper alternatives to more intricate, lifelike artificial legs. [3] Even as vendors touted advantages of more complicated prostheses over simple peg legs, [3] according to a contemporary surgeon, many patients found a peg leg more comfortable for walking. [4]

  5. Nigerian group provides hundreds of prosthetic limbs to ... - AOL

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    The accident that broke 10-year-old Princess Igbinosa's right leg could have crushed her dreams of becoming a model in a country where not many can afford prosthetics to cope with life and fight ...

  6. 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.

  7. 'Someone gets me': Gym owner raises money for Belmar ... - AOL

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    Contributions toward AmyMarie DeLuca’s new prosthetic leg can be made at www.GoFundMe.com (campaign title: ‘Let’s buy a leg’) or at the April 13 benefit event at AMP’D Fitness in Belmar ...