Prosthetic foot with custom graphic socket

Description (Brief):

This artificial lower limb from 2003 is made of carbon fiber and fiberglass. Van Phillips, the inventor, designed the distinctive Flex-Foot appendage to use a person’s weight shift from leg to leg in walking as a way to store and release energy. The socket is painted with a rain forest motif.

Date Made: ca 2003

Maker: Ossur North America

Place Made: United States: California, Aliso Viejo

Subject: DisabilitiesProsthesis

Subject:

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Exhibition: Change Your Game

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: Gift from Ossur North America

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2003.0315.11Accession Number: 2003.0315Catalog Number: 2003.0315.11

Object Name: foot, prostheticFlex-Footfoot, artificialprosthesis

Physical Description: fiberglass; ink; aluminum; rubber (overall material)carbon fiber (overall material)plastic (overall material)metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 54 cm x 11.1 cm x 23.9 cm; 21 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in x 9 7/16 inoverall, as stored: 4 7/8 in x 9 1/2 in x 21 3/8 in; 12.3825 cm x 24.13 cm x 54.2925 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-0e64-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1246882

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