Go Forth to Serve: BYU Engineers Design Low-Cost Prosthetics for Ecuador

Working with Prótesis Imbabura, a prosthetics clinic in Ecuador, BYU engineering students have designed an innovative process for making lower-cost prosthetics for those in need. In the future, rather than importing expensive products from the U.S., the clinic can use this new molding process, created as part of a BYU Capstone/Global Engineering Outreach project, to pour custom foot shells and liners on-site, providing them directly to patients within days.
Prótesis Imbabura, which was founded by prosthetist/orthotist Robert Frank and occupational therapist Kit Frank, makes high-quality prosthetics and orthotics accessible to hundreds of people throughout Ecuador. BYU engineering and nursing students continue to work with the clinic and its staff on outreach and humanitarian projects that improve life for individuals and their families.

[@marthaharrison5729]

My son (now a BYU professor) and my grandson served missions in Ecuador. I'm thrilled to see this technology made available to those wonderful people!

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What a wonderful story! Engineers are creators.

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Go, Kaleigh!!!