Jaipur foot
Pie de Jaipur
- Date
- 1968-1971 · confidence high
- Place
- SMS Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Credited to
- Pramod Karan Sethi and Ram Chandra Sharma
- People
- 👤 P. K. Sethi1927–2008
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Cheap, waterproof, flexible foot prosthesis made of vulcanised rubber and wood, which allows the wearer to walk barefoot, squat and work in the fields. More than a million and a half have been fitted worldwide.
What it led to
- rehabilitation of amputees in poor countries and war zones
- low-cost prosthetics adapted to local culture