JAIPUR FOOT

1. What is the innovation of Jaipur Foot?

Jaipur foot sells prosthetic feet and lower limbs to people who can’t afford to buy

in high price prosthetic foot.

2. What is the business of Jaipur Foot?

Creating and selling prosthetic foot which are hand made and they sell it for low

price.

3. Who are the main beneficiaries of Jaipur Foot's products?

People who are amputees with a low income in society.

4. Why is Afghanistan one of the markets of Jaipur Foot?

Because Afghanistan occurs a war and incidents like that increased people need

a product selling like in Jaipur foot.

5. How does Jaipur Foot's product pricing compare with the West?

The price was low compared to other companies who sell the same the products

and the quality of Jaipur foot is also good.

6. What is the Gait Cycle?

When pain, paralysis or tissue damage occurs, abnormal gait is the result. Loss

of motor control will also result in a gait disorder. When physicians are confronted with

pathological gait they must have sound knowledge of the characteristics of normal gait

so that they can accurately detect and interpret deviations from the normal gait pattern.

However, it is important to keep in mind that each individual displays certain variations

from the norm which are superimposed on the normal pattern of walking.(

http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/gait/normal/intro.asp) It is an activity that happen when the

heel strike of a limb and the succeeding heel strike of the same limb.

7. How was the first Jaipur Foot artificial limb developed?

It is not flexible enough and it is in limited motion and movements.

8. What are the design considerations in the Jaipur Foot Design Process?

The design must be capable of sitting cross, walking, squatting and can be used

to walk barefooted.

9. What are the constraints in the development for Jaipur Foot?

Is the consideration of the customers in low level of income.

10. How can you compare the raw materials for Jaipur Foot vs. other products?

Raw materials of Jaipur foot are locally available.

11. Explain a typical fitting day for a Jaipur Foot? How does it compare with the West?

In Jaipur foot it designed for their patients and fit in one day, when it comes to

West the customers tend to have schedule in examination of their needed

prosthetics foot.

12. What is the BMVSS? How does Jaipur Foot conduct community outreach?

BMVSS is an organization with an operating system which could have the Jaipur

Foot available to as many amputees as possible. BMVSS has developed an

efficient and good standardized system using thermoformed HDPE on a series of

pre-made Aluminium moulds.

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13. Compare Jaipur Foot with Ossur - which one is more competitive? Why?

Jaipur foot have a greater cost in creating its products while in Ossur have a

greater cost in the administrative and operation cost.

14. Is the Jaipur Foot model scalable? Explain.

Yes, because the operations that they worked before was a big success.

15. What is the significance of Jaipur Foot's cooperation with ISRO?

It decreases the weight of the product and the product is also durable and

comfortable to the users.