Fellows
Win Boomer Contest After
a spectacular pitch and superior question-answering skills amongst stiff
competition, the fellowship white team took home first prize and a $10,000
check at the Boomer Venture Summit with their rehabilitation device.
May 29, 2008
Students
Design Inexpensive Knee Prosthetic The Biodesign-sponsored project
in Tom Andriacchi's Medical Device course for the 2007-08 academic year
was a prosthetic knee designed to meet the needs of the medically-underserved.
The resulting device can be manufactured for around $30. The
device was designed under the auspices of the Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang
Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) in Jaipur India, home of the renowned Jaipur prosthetic
foot.
